Hispanic and Latino Americans#Cultural matters

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As of 2022, approximately 60.1% of the nation's Hispanic population were of Mexican origin (see table). Another 9.6% were of Puerto Rican origin, and with about 3.9% each of Cuban and Salvadoran and about 3.7% Dominican origins. The remainder were of other Central American or of South American origin, or of origin directly from Spain. In 2017, Two thirds of all Hispanic Americans were born in the United States.{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B06004I&prodType=table |title=Place of Birth (Hispanic or Latino) in the United States: Hispanic or Latino population in the United States 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates |website=U.S. Census Bureau |date=2017 |access-date=2018-09-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214061251/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B06004I&prodType=table |archive-date=2020-02-14 |url-status=dead}}

There are few immigrants directly from Spain, since Spaniards have historically emigrated to Hispanic America rather than to English-speaking countries. Because of this, most Hispanics who identify themselves as Spaniard or Spanish also identify with Hispanic American national origin. In the 2017 Census estimate approximately 1.76 million Americans reported some form of "Spanish" as their ancestry, whether directly from Spain or not.

In northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, there is a large portion of Hispanics who trace their ancestry to settlers from New Spain (Mexico), and sometimes Spain itself, in the late 16th century through the 17th century. People from this background often self-identify as "Hispanos", "Spanish" or "Hispanic". Many of these settlers also intermarried with local Native Americans, creating a mestizo population.{{cite web |url=http://www.nmculturenet.org/heritage/cuartocentenario/spanish_view.php |title=A Spanish View of History: Spain's Legacy is not an Issue of Race |last=López |first=Antonio |date=April 24, 1998 |website=New Mexico CultureNet |access-date=2008-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006190603/http://www.nmculturenet.org/heritage/cuartocentenario/spanish_view.php |archive-date=2007-10-06}} Likewise, southern Louisiana is home to communities of people of Canary Islands descent, known as Isleños, in addition to other people of Spanish ancestry. Californios, Nuevomexicanos and Tejanos are Americans of Spanish and/or Mexican descent, with subgroups that sometimes call themselves Chicanos. Nuevomexicanos and Tejanos are distinct southwest Hispanic cultures with their own cuisines, dialects and musical traditions.

Nuyoricans are Americans of Puerto Rican descent from the New York City area. There are close to two million Nuyoricans in the United States. Prominent Nuyoricans include Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, and singer Jennifer Lopez.

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{{See also|Race and ethnicity in Latin America|Race and ethnicity in the United States|Race and ethnicity in the United States census}}

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Hispanics come from multi-racial and multi-ethnic countries with diversity of origins; therefore, a Hispanic can be from any race or mix of races. The most common ancestries are: Native American, European and African. Many also have colonial era New Christian Sephardic Jewish ancestry.{{Cite journal |last1=Chacón-Duque |first1=Juan-Camilo |last2=Adhikari |first2=Kaustubh |last3=Fuentes-Guajardo |first3=Macarena |last4=Mendoza-Revilla |first4=Javier |last5=Acuña-Alonzo |first5=Victor |last6=Barquera |first6=Rodrigo |last7=Quinto-Sánchez |first7=Mirsha |last8=Gómez-Valdés |first8=Jorge |last9=Everardo Martínez |first9=Paola |last10=Villamil-Ramírez |first10=Hugo |last11=Hünemeier |first11=Tábita |date=2018-12-19 |title=Latin Americans show wide-spread Converso ancestry and imprint of local Native ancestry on physical appearance |url= |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=5388 |bibcode=2018NatCo...9.5388C |doi=10.1038/s41467-018-07748-z |issn=2041-1723 |pmc=6300600 |pmid=30568240}} As a result of their racial diversity, Hispanics form an ethnicity sharing a language (Spanish) and cultural heritage, rather than a race.

Hispanic origin is independent of race and is termed "ethnicity" by the United States Census Bureau.

On the 2020 United States census, 20.3% of Hispanics selected "White" as their race. This marked a large drop when compared to the 2010 United States census in which 53.0% of Hispanics identified as "White".{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-09-09/south-los-angeles-immigration-displacement-latinos-blacks-2020-census |title=Op-Ed: Why did so few Latinos identify themselves as white in the 2020 census? |last1=Pastor |first1=Manuel |last2=Hondagneu-Sotelo |first2=Pierrette |date=2021-09-09 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |access-date=2023-08-13}} These Hispanics make up 12,579,626 people or 3.8% of the population.

Over 42% of Hispanic Americans identify as "some other race".{{cite web |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B03002&prodType=table |title=Hispanic or Latino Origin by Race |date=2017 |website=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2018-09-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214061015/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_B03002&prodType=table |archive-date=2020-02-14}} Of all Americans who checked the box "Some Other Race", 97 percent were Hispanic.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/13/us/for-7-million-people-in-census-one-race-category-isn-t-enough.html |title=For 7 Million People in Census, One Race Category Isn't Enough |last=Schmitt |first=Eric |date=2001-03-13 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=2021-02-17 |issn=0362-4331}} These Hispanics make up 26,225,882 people or 42.2% of the Hispanic population.

Over half of the "two or more races" respondents were Hispanics.{{cite web |url=http://lrc.salemstate.edu/hispanics/race.htm |last=Aske |first=Jon |title=Hispanics and Race |website=Salem State University}} These Hispanics make up 20,299,960 people or 32.7% of the Hispanic population.

The largest numbers of Black Hispanics are from the Spanish Caribbean islands and Central America, including the Cuban, Honduran, Panamanian, Dominican, and Puerto Rican communities.

In Puerto Rico, people have some Native Indigenous American ancestry as well as European and Canary Islander ancestry. There's also a population of predominantly African descent as well as populations of Native American descent as well as those with intermixed ancestries. Cubans are mostly of Iberian and Canary Islander ancestry, with some heritage from Native Indigenous Caribbean. There are also populations of Black Sub-Saharan ancestry and multi-racial people.{{cite web |url=http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/demsem/loveman-muniz.pdf |title=How Puerto Rico Became White |last1=Loveman |first1=Mara |last2=Muniz |first2=Jeronimo |name-list-style=amp |date=2006 |website=Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207224431/http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/cde/demsem/loveman-muniz.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-07}}{{cite journal |title=Cuba: Exploring the History of Admixture and the Genetic Basis of Pigmentation Using Autosomal and Uniparental Markers |doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004488|pmid=25058410 |pmc=4109857|volume=10|issue=7|journal=PLOS Genetics|page=e1004488 |year=2014 |last1=Marcheco-Teruel |first1=Beatriz |last2=Parra |first2=Esteban J |last3=Fuentes-Smith |first3=Evelyn |last4=Salas |first4=Antonio |last5=Buttenschøn |first5=Henriette N |last6=Demontis |first6=Ditte |last7=Torres-Español |first7=María |last8=Marín-Padrón |first8=Lilia C |last9=Gómez-Cabezas |first9=Enrique J |last10=Álvarez-Iglesias |first10=Vanesa |last11=Mosquera-Miguel |first11=Ana |last12=Martínez-Fuentes |first12=Antonio |last13=Carracedo |first13=Ángel |last14=Børglum |first14=Anders D |last15=Mors |first15=Ole |doi-access=free }}{{cite news |url=http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/cuba.htm |title=Republic of Cuba – Country Profile|work=Nations Online |access-date=January 10, 2016}} The race and culture of each Hispanic country and their United States diaspora differs by history and geography.

Welch and Sigelman found, as of the year 2000, lower interaction between Latinos of different nationalities (such as between Cubans and Mexicans) than between Latinos and non-Latinos.{{cite journal |last1=Welch |first1=Susan |last2=Sigelman |first2=Lee |name-list-style=amp |title=Getting to Know You? Latino-Anglo Social Contact |journal=Social Science Quarterly |date=2000 |volume=1 |issue=81 |pages=67–83 |jstor=42864368 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/42864368 |access-date=30 September 2022}} This is a reminder that while they are often treated as such, Latinos in the United States are not a monolith, and often view their own ethnic or national identity as vastly different from that of other Latinos.

An automosal DNA study published in 2019, focusing specifically on Native American ancestry in different ethnic/racial groups within the US, found that self-identified Hispanic Americans had a higher average amount of Native American ancestry compared to Black and non-Hispanic White Americans. On average, Hispanic Americans were found to be 52% European, around 38% Native American, and less than 10% African.{{Cite journal |date=2019-09-23 |title=Native American admixture recapitulates population-specific migration and settlement of the continental United States |journal=PLOS Genetics |language=en |volume=15 |issue=9 |pages=e1008225 |doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1008225 |doi-access=free |issn=1553-7404 |last1=Jordan |first1=I. King |last2=Rishishwar |first2=Lavanya |last3=Conley |first3=Andrew B. |pmid=31545791 |pmc=6756731 }}{{Cite journal |last1=Jordan |first1=I. King |last2=Rishishwar |first2=Lavanya |last3=Conley |first3=Andrew B. |date=2019-09-23 |title=Native American admixture recapitulates population-specific migration and settlement of the continental United States |journal=PLOS Genetics |language=en |volume=15 |issue=9 |pages=e1008225 |doi=10.1371/journal.pgen.1008225 |doi-access=free |pmid=31545791 |pmc=6756731 |issn=1553-7404}} However, these results, being an average of the entire Hispanic population, vary sharply between individuals and between regions. Hispanic participants from the West Coast and West South Central regions, where the Hispanic population is predominantly Mexican-American,{{Cite web |title=Grid View: Table B03001 - Census Reporter |url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B03001&geo_ids=03000US7&primary_geo_id=03000US7 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=censusreporter.org}} had an average of 43% Native American ancestry. On the other hand, those from the Mid-Atlantic region, where the Hispanic population is predominantly of Puerto Rican or Dominican descent,{{Cite web |title=Census profile: Middle Atlantic Division |url=http://censusreporter.org/profiles/03000US2-middle-atlantic-division/ |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=Census Reporter |language=en}} averaged only 11% Native American ancestry.

As of 2014, one third, or 17.9 million, of the Hispanic population was younger than 18 and a quarter, 14.6 million, were Millennials. This makes them more than half of the Hispanic population within the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/04/20/the-nations-latino-population-is-defined-by-its-youth/ |title=The Nation's Latino Population Is Defined by Its Youth |last=Patten |first=Eileen |date=2016-04-20 |website=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project |access-date=2017-05-17}}

{{See also|Hispanic-serving institution}}

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With the increasing Hispanic population in the United States, Hispanics have had a considerable impact on the K–12 system. In 2011–12, Hispanics comprised 24% of all enrollments in the United States, including 52% and 51% of enrollment in California and Texas, respectively.{{cite book |url=https://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Portals/0/Events/Winter/WinterSeminar/2015/Excellencia%202015%20Factbook%20Latinos%20in%20Ed.pdf |last1=Santiago |first1=Deborah A. |last2=Galdeano |first2=Emily Calderón |last3=Taylor |first3=Morgan |name-list-style=amp |date=January 2015 |title=The Condition of Latinos in Education: 2015 Factbook |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Excelencia in Education}} Further research shows the Hispanic population will continue to grow in the United States, implicating that more Hispanics will populate US schools.

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The state of Hispanic education shows some promise. First, Hispanic students attending pre-K or kindergarten were more likely to attend full-day programs. Second, Hispanics in elementary education were the second largest group represented in gifted and talented programs. Third, Hispanics' average NAEP math and reading scores have consistently increased over the last 10 years. Finally, Hispanics were more likely than other groups, including White people, to go to college.

However, their academic achievement in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education lag behind other groups. For instance, their average math and reading NAEP scores were lower than every other group, except African Americans, and have the highest dropout rate of any group, 13% despite decreasing from 24%.

To explain these disparities, some scholars have suggested there is a Hispanic "Education Crisis" due to failed school and social policies.{{cite book |last1=Gandara |first1=Patricia C. |last2=Contreras |first2=Frances |name-list-style=amp |title=The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fT421tCslksC |access-date=January 10, 2016 |year=2009 |publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-03127-2}} To this end, scholars have further offered several potential reasons including language barriers, poverty, and immigrant/nativity status resulting in Hispanics not performing well academically.{{cite journal |last1=Fergus |first1=E |year=2009 |title=Understanding Latino Students' Schooling Experiences: The Relevance of Skin Color Among Mexican and Puerto Rican High School Students |journal=Teachers College Record |volume=111 |issue=2 |pages=339–375 |doi=10.1177/016146810911100209 |s2cid=6630196 |doi-access=free}}{{cite journal |last1=Gándara |first1=P |year=2015 |title=With the future on the line: Why studying Latino education is so important |journal=American Journal of Education |volume=121 |issue=3 |pages=451–463 |doi=10.1086/680411 |s2cid=144901107}}

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Currently, Hispanic students make up 80% of English-language learners in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.nea.org/home/HispanicsEducation%20Issues.htm |title=Hispanics: Education Issues |website=National Education Association |access-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-date=November 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119161651/http://www.nea.org/home/HispanicsEducation%20Issues.htm |url-status=dead}} In 2008–2009, 5.3 million students were classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) in pre-K to 12th grade.{{cite journal |last1=Becerra |first1=D. |year=2012 |title=Perceptions of educational barriers affecting the academic achievement of Latino K-12 students |journal=Children and Schools |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=167–177 |doi=10.1093/cs/cds001}} This is a result of many students entering the education system at different ages, although the majority of ELLs are not foreign born. In order to provide English instruction for Hispanic students there have been a multitude of English Language programs. Schools make demands when it comes to English fluency. There are test requirements to certify students who are non-native English speakers in writing, speaking, reading, and listening, for example. They take an ELPAC test, which evaluates their English efficiency. This assessment determines whether they are considered ELL students or not. For Hispanic students, being an ELL student will have a big impact because it's additional pressure to pass an extra exam apart from their own original classes. Furthermore, if the exam is not passed before they attend high school, the student will fall behind in their courses due to the additional ELD courses instead of taking their normal classes in that year.{{Cite book |last=Menken |first=Kate |date=2008-12-31 |title=English Learners Left Behind |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.21832/9781853599996 |doi=10.21832/9781853599996|isbn=978-1-85359-999-6 }} However, the great majority of these programs are English Immersion, which arguably undermines the students' culture and knowledge of their primary language. As such, there continues to be great debate within schools as to which program can address these language disparities.

There are more than five million ELLs from all over the world attending public schools in the United States and speaking at least 460 different languages. Undocumented immigrants have not always had access to compulsory education in the United States. However, since the landmark Supreme Court case Plyler v. Doe in 1982, immigrants have received access to K-12 education. This significantly impacted all immigrant groups, including Hispanics. However, their academic achievement is dependent upon several factors including, but not limited to time of arrival and schooling in country of origin.{{cite web |url=http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/By-the-Numbers-ACE-Report-Identifies-Educational-Barriers-for-Hispanics.aspx |title=By the Numbers: ACE Report Identifies Educational Barriers for Hispanics |date=2011 |website=American Council on Education |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404172206/http://www.acenet.edu/the-presidency/columns-and-features/Pages/By-the-Numbers-ACE-Report-Identifies-Educational-Barriers-for-Hispanics.aspx |archive-date=2018-04-04}} When non-native speakers arrive to the United States, the student not only enters a new country, language or culture, but they also enter a testing culture to determine everything from their placements to advancement into the next grade level in their education. Moreover, Hispanics' immigration/nativity status plays a major role regarding their academic achievement. For instance, first- and second- generation Hispanics outperform their later generational counterparts.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9FrdWNw5TIC |title=Subtractive Schooling: U.S. – Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring |first=Angela |last=Valenzuela |date=October 21, 1999 |publisher=SUNY Press |access-date=January 16, 2018|via=Google Books |isbn=978-0-791443224}} Additionally, their aspirations appear to decrease as well.{{cite journal |last1=Wojtkiewicz |first1=R. A. |last2=Donato |first2=K. M. |year=1995 |title=Hispanic Educational Attainment: The Effects of Family Background and Nativity |journal=Social Forces |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=559–574 |doi=10.1093/sf/74.2.559}} This has major implications on their post-secondary futures.

The term "simultaneous bilinguals", which was coined by researcher Guadalupe Valdez,{{Cite journal |last=ValdéS |first=Guadalupe |date=January 1992 |title=Bilingual Minorities and Language Issues in Writing: Toward Professionwide Responses to a New Challenge |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0741088392009001003 |journal=Written Communication |language=en |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=85–136 |doi=10.1177/0741088392009001003 |issn=0741-0883|url-access=subscription }} refers to individuals who acquire two languages as a "first" language. Most American circumstantial bilinguals acquire their ethnic or immigrant language first and then English. The period of acquisition of the second language is known as incipient bilingualism.

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Those with a bachelor's degree or higher ranges from 50% of Venezuelans compared to 18% for Ecuadorians 25 years and older. Amongst the largest Hispanic groups, those with a bachelor's or higher was 25% for Cubans, 16% of Puerto Ricans, 15% of Dominicans, and 11% for Mexicans. Over 21% of all second-generation Dominican Americans have college degrees, slightly below the national average (28%) but significantly higher than US-born Mexican Americans (13%) and US-born Puerto Rican Americans (12%).{{cite book |title=The Dominican Diaspora Revisited, Dominicans and Dominican-Americans in a New Century |last=Castro |first=Max J. |year=2002}}

Hispanics make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Ivy League universities, considered to be the most prestigious in the United States. Hispanic enrollment at Ivy League universities has gradually increased over the years. Today, Hispanics make up between 8% of students at Yale University to 15% at Columbia University.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/education/ivy-league-schools-don-t-reflect-u-s-minority-ratios-20121019 |title=Ivy League Schools Don't Reflect U.S. Minority Ratios |work=National Journal |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318010853/http://www.nationaljournal.com/thenextamerica/education/ivy-league-schools-don-t-reflect-u-s-minority-ratios-20121019 |archive-date=March 18, 2015}} For example, 18% of students in the Harvard University Class of 2018 are Hispanic.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/5/9/record-number-matriculate-2018/ |title=Record Number of African Americans, Latinos Matriculate as Yield Increases |last=Delwiche |first=Theodore R. |date=May 9, 2014 |website=The Crimson |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

Hispanics have significant enrollment in many other top universities such as University of Texas at El Paso (70% of students), Florida International University (63%), University of Miami (27%), and MIT, UCLA and UC-Berkeley at 15% each. At Stanford University, Hispanics are the third largest ethnic group behind non-Hispanic White people and Asians, at 18% of the student population.{{cite web |url=http://ucomm.stanford.edu/cds/2013 |title=Stanford University: Common Data Set 2013–2014 |website=Ucomm.stanford.edu |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

{{See also|The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education}}

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While Hispanics study in colleges and universities throughout the country, some choose to attend federally-designated Hispanic-serving institutions, institutions that are accredited, degree-granting, public or private nonprofit institutions of higher education with 25 percent or more total undergraduate Hispanic full-time equivalent (FTE) student enrollment. There are over 270 institutions of higher education that have been designated as an HSI.{{Cite web |title=HACU Lists of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) and Emerging HSIs 2017–2018 |url=https://www.hacu.net/hacu/hsis.asp |access-date=2019-04-03 |website=Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403163359/https://www.hacu.net/hacu/hsis.asp |archive-date=April 3, 2019}}

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File:2020-03-06 — Coronavirus – Flyers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wearing facemasks.jpg spreads throughout the United States. Disproportionate numbers of cases have been observed among Black and Hispanic populations.{{Cite web |last=Godoy |first=Maria |date=May 30, 2020 |title=What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State? |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/30/865413079/what-do-coronavirus-racial-disparities-look-like-state-by-state |website=NPR}}{{Cite web |last1=Karson |first1=Kendall |last2=Scanlan |first2=Quinn |date=May 22, 2020 |title=Black Americans and Latinos nearly 3 times as likely to know someone who died of COVID-19: POLL |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-americans-latinos-times-died-covid-19-poll/story?id=70794789 |website=ABC News}}{{cite news |date=July 28, 2020 |title=States tracking COVID-19 race and ethnicity data |website=American Medical Association |url=https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/health-equity/states-tracking-covid-19-race-and-ethnicity-data |access-date=July 31, 2020}}]]

As of 2016, life expectancy for Hispanic Americans is 81.8 years, which is higher than the life expectancy for White Americans (78.6 years).{{cite journal |url=https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/78186 |title=United States Life Tables, 2016 |last1=Arias |first1=Elizabeth |last2=Xu |first2=Jiaquan |last3=Kochanek |first3=Kenneth D. |name-list-style=amp |date=May 7, 2019 |journal=National Vital Statistics Reports |volume=68 |number=4|pages=1–66 |pmid=31112121 }} Research on the "Hispanic paradox"—the well-established apparent mortality advantage of Hispanic Americans compared to White Americans, despite the latter's more advantaged socioeconomic status—has been principally explained by "(1) health-related migration to and from the US; and (2) social and cultural protection mechanisms, such as maintenance of healthy lifestyles and behaviors adopted in the countries of origin, and availability of extensive social networks in the US."{{cite journal |pmc=4955825 |year=2016 |last1=Goldman |first1=N. |title=Will the Latino Mortality Advantage Endure? |journal=Research on Aging |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=263–282 |doi=10.1177/0164027515620242 |pmid=26966251}} The "salmon bias" hypothesis, which suggests that the Hispanic health advantage is attributable to higher rates of return migration among less-healthy migrants, has received some support in the scholarly literature.{{cite journal |pmc=5735845 |year=2016 |last1=Diaz |first1=C. J. |last2=Koning |first2=S. M. |last3=Martinez-Donate |first3=A. P. |title=Moving Beyond Salmon Bias: Mexican Return Migration and Health Selection |journal=Demography |volume=53 |issue=6 |pages=2005–2030 |doi=10.1007/s13524-016-0526-2 |doi-access=free| pmid=27848222}} A 2019 study, examining the comparatively better health of foreign-born American Hispanics, challenged the hypothesis that a stronger orientation toward the family (familism) contributed to this advantage.{{Cite journal |doi=10.1177/0022146519869027|pmid=31526018 |title=Familism and the Hispanic Health Advantage: The Role of Immigrant Status |year=2019 |last1=Diaz |first1=Christina J. |last2=Niño |first2=Michael|journal=Journal of Health and Social Behavior|volume=60|issue=3|pages=274–290|s2cid=202674498}} Some scholars have suggested that the Hispanic mortality advantage is likely to disappear due to the higher rates of obesity and diabetes among Hispanics relative to White people, although lower rates of smoking (and thus smoking-attributable mortality) among Hispanics may counteract this to some extent.

As of 2017, about 19% of Hispanic Americans lack health insurance coverage, which is the highest of all ethnic groups except for Indigenous Americans and Alaska Natives.{{cite web |url=https://www.kff.org/disparities-policy/issue-brief/changes-in-health-coverage-by-race-and-ethnicity-since-implementation-of-the-aca-2013-2017/ |title=Changes in Health Coverage by Race and Ethnicity since Implementation of the ACA, 2013–2017 |date=February 13, 2019 |last1=Artiga |first1=Samantha |last2=Orgera |first2=Kendal |last3=Damico |first3=Anthony |name-list-style=amp |website=Kaiser Family Foundation}} In terms of extending health coverage, Hispanics benefited the most among US ethnic groups from the Affordable Care Act (ACA); among non-elderly Hispanics, the uninsured rate declined from 26.7% in 2013 to 14.2% in 2017. Among the population of non-elderly uninsured Hispanic population in 2017, about 53% were non-citizens, about 39% were US-born citizens, and about 9% were naturalized citizens. (The ACA does not help undocumented immigrants or legal immigrants with less than five years' residence in the United States gain coverage).

According to a 2013 study, Mexican women have the highest uninsured rate (54.6%) as compared to other immigrants (26.2%), Black (22.5%) and White (13.9%).{{cite journal|doi=10.7453/gahmj.2013.066 |doi-access=free |title=The Health Status of Latino Immigrant Women in the united States and Future Health Policy Implications of the Affordable Care Act |year=2013 |last1=De Leon Siantz |first1=Mary Lou |last2=Castaneda |first2=Xochitl |last3=Benavente |first3=Viola |last4=Peart |first4=Tasha |last5=Felt |first5=Emily |journal=Global Advances in Health and Medicine |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=70–74 |pmid=24416697 |pmc=3833563}} According to the study, Mexican women are the largest female immigrant group in the United States, and are also the most at risk for developing preventable health conditions. Multiple factors such as limited access to health care, legal status and income increase the risk of developing preventable health conditions because many undocumented immigrants postpone routine visits to the doctor until they become seriously ill.

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Some families who are in the process of illegally crossing borders can suffer being caught and separated by border patrol agents. Migrants are also in danger of separation if they do not bring sufficient resources such as water for all members to continue crossing. Once illegal migrants have arrived to the new country, they may fear workplace raids where illegal immigrants are detained and deported.

Family separation puts US-born children, undocumented children and their illegal immigrant parents at risk for depression and family maladaptive syndrome. The effects are often long-term and the impact extends to the community level. Children may experience emotional traumas and long-term changes in behaviors. Additionally, when parents are forcefully removed, children often develop feelings of abandonment and they might blame themselves for what has happened to their family. Some children that are victims to illegal border crossings that result in family separation believe in the possibility of never seeing their parents again. These effects can cause negative parent-child attachment. Reunification may be difficult because of immigration laws and re-entry restrictions which further affect the mental health of children and parents.{{cite journal |title=Immigration policy, practices and procedures: the impact on the mental health of Mexican and central American youth and families |last1=Torres |first1=S. A. |last2=Santiago |first2=C. D. |last3=Walts |first3=K. K. |last4=Richards |first4=M. H. |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |journal=American Psychologist |volume=73 |number=7 |pages=843–854 |doi=10.1037/amp0000184|pmid=29504782 |s2cid=3692176 }} Parents who leave their home country also experience negative mental health experiences. According to a study published in 2013, 46% of Mexican migrant men who participated in the study reported elevated levels of depressive symptoms.{{cite journal |title=Depression among Mexican men on the migration frontier: the role of family separation and other structural and situational stressors |last1=Letiecq |first1=B. L. |last2=Grzywacz |first2=J. G. |last3=Gray |first3=K. M. |last4=Eudave |first4=Y. M. |name-list-style=amp |date=2014 |journal=Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health |volume=16 |number=6 |pages=1193–1200 |doi=10.1007/s10903-013-9918-1|pmid=24142396 |s2cid=762954 }} In recent years, the length of stay for migrants has increased, from 3 years to nearly a decade. Migrants who were separated from their families, either married or single, experienced greater depression than married men accompanied by their spouses. Furthermore, the study also revealed that men who are separated from their families are more prone to harsher living conditions such as overcrowded housing and are under a greater deal of pressure to send remittance to support their families. These conditions put additional stress on the migrants and often worsen their depression. Families who migrated together experience better living conditions, receive emotional encouragement and motivation from each other, and share a sense of solidarity. They are also more likely to successfully navigate the employment and health care systems in the new country, and are not pressured to send remittances back home.

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The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 significantly changed how the United States dealt with immigration. Under this new law, immigrants who overstayed their visas or were found to be in the United States illegally were subject to be detained and/or deported without legal representation. Immigrants who broke these laws may not be allowed back into the country. Similarly, this law made it more difficult for other immigrants who want to enter the United States or gain legal status. These laws also expanded the types of offenses that can be considered worthy of deportation for documented immigrants. Policies enacted by future presidents further limit the number of immigrants entering the country and their expedited removal.

Many illegal immigrant families cannot enjoy doing everyday activities without exercising caution because they fear encountering immigration officers which limits their involvement in community events. Undocumented families also do not trust government institutions and services. Because of their fear of encountering immigration officers, illegal immigrants often feel ostracized and isolated which can lead to the development of mental health issues such as depression and anxiety. The harmful effects of being ostracized from the rest of society are not limited to just that of undocumented immigrants but it affects the entire family even if some of the members are of legal status. Children often reported having been victims of bullying in school by classmates because their parents are undocumented.{{cite thesis |last=Hinojos |first=Belinda |date=July 2013 |title=Stressors and Coping Strategies of Undocumented Latinos in Therapy |type=DPhil |publisher=University of Nebraska-Lincoln |url=https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1189&context=cehsdiss}} This can cause them to feel isolated and develop a sense of inferiority which can negatively impact their academic performance.

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Despite the struggles Hispanic families encounter, they have found ways to keep motivated. Many immigrants use religion as a source of motivation. Mexican immigrants believed that the difficulties they face are a part of God's bigger plan and believe their life will get better in the end. They kept their faith strong and pray every day, hoping that God will keep their families safe. Immigrants participate in church services and bond with other immigrants that share the same experiences. Undocumented Hispanics also find support from friends, family and the community that serve as coping mechanisms. Some Hispanics state that their children are the reason they have the strength to keep on going. They want their children to have a future and give them things they are not able to have themselves. The community is able to provide certain resources that immigrant families need such as tutoring for their children, financial assistance and counseling services. Some identified that maintaining a positive mental attitude helped them cope with the stresses they experience. Many immigrants refuse to live their life in constant fear which leads to depression in order to enjoy life in the United States. Since many immigrants have unstable sources of income, many plan ahead in order to prevent future financial stress. They put money aside and find ways to save money instead of spend it such as learning to fix appliances themselves.

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Many Hispanic families migrate to find better economic opportunities in order to send remittances back home. Being undocumented limits the possibilities of jobs that immigrants undertake and many struggle to find a stable job. Many Hispanics report that companies turned them down because they do not have a Social Security number. If they are able to obtain a job, immigrants risk losing it if their employer finds out they are unable to provide proof of residency or citizenship. Many look towards agencies that do not ask for identification, but those jobs are often unreliable. In order to prevent themselves from being detained and deported, many have to work under exploitation. In a study, a participant reported "If someone knows that you don't have the papers ... that person is a danger. Many people will con them ... if they know you don't have the papers, with everything they say 'hey I'm going to call immigration on you.'". These conditions lower the income that Hispanic families bring to their household and some find living each day very difficult. When an undocumented parent is deported or detained, income will be lowered significantly if the other parent also supports the family financially. The parent who is left has to look after the family and might find working difficult to manage along with other responsibilities. Even if families are not separated, Hispanics are constantly living in fear that they will lose their economic footing.

Living in poverty has been linked to depression, low self-esteem, loneliness, crime activities and frequent drug use among youth. Families with low incomes are unable to afford adequate housing and some of them are evicted. The environment in which the children of undocumented immigrants grow up in is often composed of poor air quality, noise, and toxins which prevent healthy development. Furthermore, these neighborhoods are prone to violence and gang activities, forcing the families to live in constant fear which can contribute to the development of PTSD, aggression and depression.

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In 2017, the US census reported the median household incomes of Hispanic Americans to be $50,486. This is the third consecutive annual increase in median household income for Hispanic-origin households.{{cite web |url=https://census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2018/demo/p60-263.pdf |first1=Kayla |last1=Fontenot |first2=Jessica |last2=Semega |first3=Melissa |last3=Kollar |website=Census.gov |title=Current Population Reports, P60-263, Income and Poverty in the United States: 2017 |place=Washington, DC |date=2018}}

According to the US census, the poverty rate Hispanics was 18.3 percent in 2017, down from 19.4 percent in 2016. Hispanics accounted for 10.8 million individuals in poverty. In comparison, the average poverty rates in 2017 for non-Hispanic White Americans was 8.7 percent with 17 million individuals in poverty, Asian Americans was 10.0 percent with 2 million individuals in poverty, and African Americans was 21.2 percent with 9 million individuals in poverty.

Among the largest Hispanic groups during 2015 was: Honduran Americans & Dominican Americans (27%), Guatemalan Americans (26%), Puerto Ricans (24%), Mexican Americans (23%), Salvadoran Americans (20%), Cuban Americans and Venezuelan Americans (17%), Ecuadorian Americans (15%), Nicaraguan Americans (14%), Colombian Americans (13%), Argentinian Americans (11%), and Peruvian Americans (10%).{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/09/18/how-the-u-s-hispanic-population-is-changing/ |title=How the U.S. Hispanic population is changing |last=Flores |first=Antonio |date=September 18, 2017 |website=Pew Research Center}}

Poverty affects many underrepresented students as racial/ethnic minorities tend to stay isolated within pockets of low-income communities. This results in several inequalities, such as "school offerings, teacher quality, curriculum, counseling and all manner of things that both keep students engaged in school and prepare them to graduate".{{cite journal |last1=Gándara |first1=P. |year=2015 |title=With the future on the line: Why studying Latino education is so important |journal=American Journal of Education |volume=121 |issue=3 |page=454 |doi=10.1086/680411 |s2cid=144901107}} In the case of Hispanics, the poverty rate for Hispanic children in 2004 was 28.6 percent. Moreover, with this lack of resources, schools reproduce these inequalities for generations to come. In order to assuage poverty, many Hispanic families can turn to social and community services as resources.

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{{Main|American culture|Hispanic culture}}

{{See also|National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations}}

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The geographic, political, social, economic and racial diversity of Hispanic Americans makes all Hispanics very different depending on their family heritage and/or national origin. Many times, there are many cultural similarities between Hispanics from neighboring countries than from more distant countries, i.e. Spanish Caribbean, Southern Cone, Central America etc. Yet several features tend to unite Hispanics from these diverse backgrounds.

{{See also|Spanish language in the United States|Languages of the United States}}

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As one of the most important uniting factors of Hispanic Americans, Spanish is an important part of Hispanic culture. Teaching Spanish to children is often one of the most valued skills taught amongst Hispanic families. Spanish is not only closely tied with the person's family, heritage, and overall culture, but valued for increased opportunities in business and one's future professional career. A 2013 Pew Research survey showed that 95% of Hispanics adults said "it's important that future generations of Hispanics speak Spanish".{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/20/us/spanish-declining-among-hispanics/ |title=Fewer Latinos will speak Spanish, more non-Latinos will, report says |first=Cindy Y. |last=Rodriguez |date=September 20, 2013 |website=CNN |access-date=March 5, 2015}} Given the United States' proximity to other Spanish-speaking countries, Spanish is being passed on to future American generations. Amongst second-generation Hispanics, 80% speak fluent Spanish, and amongst third-generation Hispanics, 40% speak fluent Spanish.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2009/12/11/iv-language-use/ |title=IV. Language Use |date=December 11, 2009|work=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project |access-date=March 5, 2015}} Spanish is also the most popular language taught in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.vistawide.com/languages/us_languages.htm |title=Languages Spoken and Learned in the United States |website=Vistawide.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0905275.html |title=Most Studied Foreign Languages in the U.S. |website=Infoplease.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

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Hispanics have revived the Spanish language in the United States, first brought to North America during the Spanish colonial period in the 16th century. Spanish is the oldest European language in the United States, spoken uninterruptedly for four and a half centuries, since the founding of Saint Augustine, Florida in 1565.{{cite web |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/latino-legacies-67535761/ |title=Latino Legacies |access-date=2008-04-28 |last=Small |first=Lawrence M |date=2002-08-01 |work=Smithsonian |publisher=Smithsonian Institution|quote=There was a Hispanic presence on the continent for more than 200 years before 13 colonies on the eastern coast declared their independence from England. ... By 1607, when the British established their first successful settlement, at Jamestown, Virginia, writes historian Bernard Bailyn, "Spain's American dominion extended nearly 8,000 miles, from Southern California to the Straits of Magellan"}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us/visitors/history_fullprint.html |title=A Brief History of St. Augustine |access-date=2008-04-28 |website=City of St. Augustine|quote=Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the United States. Forty-two years before the English colonized Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the Spanish established at St. Augustine this nation's first enduring settlement. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907065341/http://www.ci.st-augustine.fl.us/visitors/history_fullprint.html |archive-date=2016-09-07 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=08&month=09 |title=A Spanish Expedition Established St. Augustine in Florida |access-date=2008-04-28 |work=America's Library |publisher=Library of Congress |quote=On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St. Augustine, Florida. Built on the site of an ancient Native American village, and near the place where Ponce de León, the European discoverer of Florida, landed in 1513 in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, it has been continually inhabited since its founding. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524053221/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/jb_date.cgi?day=08&month=09 |archive-date=May 24, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1565staugustine.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926164557/http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1565staugustine.html |archive-date=2010-09-26 |title=The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 |access-date=2008-04-28|author=Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales |work=Modern History Sourcebook |publisher=Fordham University}} Today, 90% of all Hispanics speak English, and at least 78% speak fluent Spanish. Additionally, 2.8 million non-Hispanic Americans also speak Spanish at home for a total of 41.1 million.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/08/13/spanish-is-the-most-spoken-non-english-language-in-u-s-homes-even-among-non-hispanics/ |title=Spanish is the most spoken non-English language in U.S. homes, even among non-Hispanics |date=August 13, 2013|work=Pew Research Center |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

With 40% of Hispanic Americans being immigrants,{{cite web |url=http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR&-reg=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR:400&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-format= |title=United States – Selected Population Profile in the United States (Hispanic or Latino (of any race)) |access-date=2008-06-11 |work=2006 American Community Survey |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100902085931/http://www.factfinder.census.gov/servlet/IPTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T&-qr_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR&-reg=ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201PR:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201T:400;ACS_2006_EST_G00_S0201TPR:400&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-format= |archive-date=September 2, 2010}} and with many of the 60% who are US-born being the children or grandchildren of immigrants, bilingualism is the norm in the community at large. At home, at least 69% of all Hispanics over the age of five are bilingual in English and Spanish, whereas up to 22% are monolingual English-speakers, and 9% are monolingual Spanish speakers. Another 0.4% speak a language other than English and Spanish at home.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=B16006. Language spoken at home by ability to speak English for the population 5 years and over (Hispanic or Latino) |access-date=2008-06-12 |work=2006 American Community Survey |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}} [There were 39.5 million Hispanic and Latino Americans aged 5 or more in 2006. 8.5 million of them, or 22%, spoke only English at home, and another 156,000, or 0.4%, spoke neither English nor Spanish at home. The other 30.8 million, or 78%, spoke Spanish at home. Of these, 3.7 million spoke no English, while the overwhelming majority, 27.2 million, did, at these levels: 15.5 million "very well", 5.8 million "well", and 5.9 million "not well". These 27.2 million bilingual speakers represented 69% of all (39.5 million) Hispanic and Latino Americans aged five or over in 2006, while the 3.7 million monolingual Spanish-speakers represented 9%.]

{{See also|Isleño Spanish|New Mexican Spanish}}

The Spanish dialects spoken in the United States differ depending on the country of origin of the person or the person's family heritage. However, generally, Spanish spoken in the Southwest is Mexican Spanish or Chicano Spanish. A variety of Spanish native to the Southwest spoken by descendants of the early Spanish colonists in New Mexico and Colorado is known as Traditional New Mexican Spanish. One of the major distinctions of Traditional New Mexican Spanish is its use of distinct vocabulary and grammatical forms that make New Mexican Spanish unique amongst Spanish dialects. The Spanish spoken in the East Coast is generally Caribbean Spanish and is heavily influenced by the Spanish of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. Isleño Spanish, descended from Canarian Spanish, is the historic Spanish dialect spoken by the descendants of the earliest Spanish colonists beginning in the 18th century in Louisiana. Spanish spoken elsewhere throughout the country varies, although is generally Mexican Spanish.{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/spanish-foreign-language_n_3430860.html |title=8 Reasons Spanish Isn't A Foreign Language In The U.S. (SLIDESHOW)|work=The Huffington Post |access-date=March 5, 2015 |date=June 12, 2013}}

Heritage Spanish speakers tend to speak Spanish with near-native level phonology, but a more limited command of morphosyntax.{{cite web |url=https://scholar.harvard.edu/mpolinsky/publications/white-paper-prolegomena-heritage-linguistics |title=Prologmena to Heritage Linguistics |last1=Benmamoun |first1=Elabbas |last2=Montrul |first2=Silvina |last3=Polinsky |first3=Maria |name-list-style=amp |date=2010 |website=Harvard University}} Hispanics who speak Spanish as a second language often speak with English accents.

{{Main|Chicano English|Spanglish|Miami#Dialect|New York Latino English}}

{{See also|List of English words of Spanish origin}}

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Hispanics have influenced the way Americans speak with the introduction of many Spanish words into the English language. Amongst younger generations of Hispanics, Spanglish, a term for any mix of Spanish and English, is common in speaking. As they are fluent in both languages, speakers will often switch between Spanish and English throughout the conversation. Spanglish is particularly common in Hispanic-majority cities and communities such as Miami, Hialeah, San Antonio, Los Angeles and parts of New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/spanglish/book/ |title=Do You Speak American?: Spanglish |last1=Suarez |first1=Ray |last2=Stavans |first2=Ilan |name-list-style=amp |website=PBS |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

Hispanics have also influenced the way English is spoken in the United States. In Miami, for example, the Miami dialect has evolved as the most common form of English spoken and heard in Miami today. This is a native dialect of English, and was developed amongst second and third generations of Cuban Americans in Miami. Today, it is commonly heard everywhere throughout the city. Gloria Estefan and Enrique Iglesias are examples of people who speak with the Miami dialect. Another major English dialect, is spoken by Chicanos and Tejanos in the Southwestern United States, called Chicano English. George Lopez and Selena are examples of speakers of Chicano English.{{cite web |url=http://wlrn.org/post/miami-accents-why-locals-embrace-heavy-l-or-not?nopop=1 |title=Miami Accents: Why Locals Embrace That Heavy "L" Or Not |first=Patience |last=Haggin |date=August 27, 2013 |website=WLRN |access-date=March 5, 2015}} An English dialect spoken by Puerto Ricans and other Hispanic groups is called New York Latino English; Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B are examples of people who speak with the New York Latino dialect.

When speaking in English, American Hispanics may often insert Spanish tag and filler items such as {{lang|es|tú sabes}}, {{lang|es|este}}, and {{lang|es|órale}}, into sentences as a marker of ethnic identity and solidarity. The same often occurs with grammatical words like {{lang|es|pero}}.{{cite conference |url=http://www.lingref.com/cpp/wss/2/paper1136.pdf |title=Code-switching or Borrowing? No sé so no puedo decir, you know |last1=Lipski |first1=John M. |author-link1=John M. Lipski |date=2005 |publisher=Cascadilla Proceedings Project |book-title=Selected Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics |pages= |location=Somerville, MA}}

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According to a Pew Center study which was conducted in 2019, the majority of Hispanic Americans are Christians (72%), Among American Hispanics, as of 2018–19, 47% are Catholic, 24% are Protestant, 1% are Mormon, less than 1% are Orthodox Christian, 3% are members of non-Christian faiths, and 23% are unaffiliated.{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ |title=In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace |date=October 17, 2019 |website=Pew Research Center}} The proportion of Hispanics who are Catholic has dropped from 2009 (when it was 57%), while the proportion of unaffiliated Hispanics has increased since 2009 (when it was 15%). Among Hispanic Protestant community, most are evangelical, but some belong to mainline denominations.{{cite web |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2014/05/07/the-shifting-religious-identity-of-latinos-in-the-united-states |title=The Shifting Religious Identity of Latinos in the United States |date=May 7, 2014 |website=Pew Research Center}} Compared to Catholic, unaffiliated, and mainline Protestant Hispanics; Evangelical Protestant Hispanics are substantially more likely to attend services weekly, pray daily, and adhere to biblical liberalism. As of 2014, about 67% of Hispanic Protestants and about 52% of Hispanic Catholics were renewalist, meaning that they described themselves as Pentecosal or charismatic Christians (in the Catholic tradition, called Catholic charismatic renewal).{{cite report |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2014/05/07/chapter-7-renewalism-and-hispanic-christianity/ |chapter=Chapter 7: Renewalism and Hispanic Christianity |title=The Shifting Religious Identity of Latinos in the United States |date=May 7, 2014 |publisher=Pew Research Center}}

Catholic affiliation is much higher among first-generation Hispanic immigrants than it is among second and third-generation Hispanic immigrants, who exhibit a fairly high rate of conversion to Protestantism or the unaffiliated camp.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21602226-latinos-are-quitting-catholic-church-select-faith |title=Select-a-Faith: Latinos are quitting the Catholic church |date=17 May 2014 |magazine=The Economist |url-access=subscription}} According to Andrew Greeley, as many as 600,000 American Hispanics leave Catholicism for Protestant churches every year, and this figure is much higher in Texas and Florida.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21646001-even-religion-america-offers-more-choice-pick-and-mix |title=Faith: Pick and mix |date=March 14, 2015 |magazine=The Economist |access-date=March 28, 2015}} Hispanic Catholics are developing youth and social programs to retain members.{{cite book |last=Espinosa |first=Gastón |editor-last=Espinosa |editor-first=Gastón |date=2008 |chapter=Latinos, Religion, and the American Presidency |title=Religion, Race, and the American Presidency |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=242–244 |isbn=978-0-742563216}}

Hispanics make up a substantial proportion (almost 40%) of Catholics in the United States,{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/archbishop-jose-gomez-president.html |title=U.S. Catholic Bishops Elect Hispanic Immigrant as Leader |last=Dias |first=Elizabeth |date=November 12, 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times}} although the number of American Hispanic priests is low relative to Hispanic membership in the church.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2018/05/04/hispanic-catholic-church-us-growing-survey-confirms |title=The Hispanic Catholic Church in the U.S. is growing, survey confirms |last=Long-García |first=J.D. |date=May 4, 2018 |magazine=America}} In 2019, José Horacio Gómez, Archbishop of Los Angeles and a naturalized American citizen born in Mexico, was elected as president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops.

{{See also|Latino literature}}

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The United States is home to thousands of Spanish-language media outlets, which range in size from giant commercial and some non-commercial broadcasting networks and major magazines with circulations numbering in the millions, to low-power AM radio stations with listeners numbering in the hundreds. There are hundreds of Internet media outlets targeting US Hispanic consumers. Some of the outlets are online versions of their printed counterparts and some online exclusively.

Increased use of Spanish-language media leads to increased levels of group consciousness, according to survey data. The differences in attitudes are due to the diverging goals of Spanish-language and English-language media. The effect of using Spanish-language media serves to promote a sense of group consciousness among Hispanics by reinforcing roots in the Hispanic world and the commonalities among Hispanics of varying national origin.{{cite journal |url=http://www.unm.edu/~kerevely/SSQ.pdf |title=The Influence of Spanish-Language Media on Latino Public Opinion and Group Consciousness |last=Kerevel |first=Yann P. |date=June 2011 |website=Social Science Quarterly |volume=92 |number=2 |pages=509–534 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412011557/http://www.unm.edu/~kerevely/SSQ.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2019}}{{cite journal |title=The Mass Media and Ethnic Assimilation and Pluralism: A Review and Research Proposal with Special Focus on Hispanics |last=Subervi-Velez |first=Federico A. |date=January 1986 |journal=Communication Research |volume=13 |number=1 |pages=71–96 |doi=10.1177/009365028601300105 |s2cid=146739567 }}

The first Hispanic-American owned major film studio in the United States is based in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2017, Ozzie and Will Areu purchased Tyler Perry's former studio to establish Areu Bros. Studios.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ozzie-areu-first-latino-own-major-studio-has-hollywood-story-n1141531 |title=Ozzie Areu, the first Latino to own a major studio, has a Hollywood story himself |last1=Polley |first1=Leonor Ayala |last2=Morales |first2=Natalie |name-list-style=amp |date=February 24, 2020 |website=NBC News}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gpb.org/news/2019/12/05/atlantas-areu-bros-open-first-latinx-owned-studios-in-us |title=Atlanta's Areu Bros. Open First Latinx-Owned Studios In US |last=Murry |first=Kenny |date=December 5, 2019 |website=Georgia Public Broadcasting}}

Hispanics are more likely to use social media such as TikTok and Instagram than non-Hispanics.{{cite web|url=https://www.latintimes.com/latinos-dominate-social-media-leading-usage-tiktok-instagram-whatsapp-across-us-551034|title=Latinos Dominate Social Media, Leading in Usage of TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp Across the U.S.}}

Spanish language radio is the largest non-English broadcasting media.{{cite journal |title=The state of Spanish-language radio |last=Chambers |first=Todd |date=2006 |journal=Journal of Radio Studies |volume=13 |number=1 |pages=34–50 |doi=10.1207/s15506843jrs1301_3|s2cid=167640657 }} While other foreign language broadcasting declined steadily, Spanish broadcasting grew steadily from the 1920s to the 1970s. The 1930s were boom years.{{cite journal |title=The Origins of Spanish-Language Radio: The Case of San Antonio, Texas |last1=Schement |first1=Jorge Reina |last2=Flores |first2=Ricardo |name-list-style=amp |date=1977 |journal=Journalism History |volume=4 |number=2 |pages=56–61 |doi=10.1080/00947679.1977.12066845}} The early success depended on the concentrated geographical audience in Texas and the Southwest.{{cite book |title=Spanish-Language Radio in the Southwestern United States |last1=Gutiérrez |first1=Félix F. |last2=Schement |first2=Jorge Reina |name-list-style=amp |date=1979 |location=Austin, TX |publisher=UT Center for Mexican American Studies}} American stations were close to Mexico which enabled a steady circular flow of entertainers, executives and technicians, and stimulated the creative initiatives of Hispanic radio executives, brokers, and advertisers. Ownership was increasingly concentrated in the 1960s and 1970s. The industry sponsored the now-defunct trade publication Sponsor from the late 1940s to 1968.{{cite journal |title=The Rise of US Spanish-Language Radio From 'Dead Airtime' to Consolidated Ownership (1920s–1970s) |last=Paxman |first=Andrew |date=2018 |journal=Journalism History |volume=44 |number=3 |pages=174–186 |doi=10.1080/00947679.2018.12059208|s2cid=181477533 }} Spanish-language radio has influenced American and Hispanic discourse on key current affairs issues such as citizenship and immigration.{{cite book |last=Casillas |first=Dolores Inés |date=October 2014 |title=Sounds of Belonging: US Spanish-language radio and public advocacy |location=New York City |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-0-814770658}}

Notable Hispanic-oriented media outlets include:

• CNN en Español, a Spanish-language news network based in Atlanta, Georgia;
• ESPN Deportes and Fox Deportes, two Spanish-language sports television networks.
• Telemundo, the second-largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally;
• TeleXitos an American Spanish language digital multicast television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.
• Universo, a cable network that produces content for U.S.-born Hispanic audiences;
• Univisión, the largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally. It is the country's fourth-largest network overall;{{cite web |url=http://www.adweek.com/news/television/hispanic-tv-market-grows-univision-reshuffles-execs-137594 |title=As Hispanic Television Market Grows, Univision Reshuffles Executives |last=Levine |first=D.M. |date=January 19, 2012 |work=AdWeek |access-date=March 5, 2015}}
• UniMás, an American Spanish language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision.
• Fusion TV, an English television channel targeting Hispanic audiences with news and satire programming;
• Galavisión, a Spanish-language television channel targeting Hispanic audiences with general entertainment programming;
• Estrella TV, an American Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by the Estrella Media.
• V-me, a Spanish-language television network;
• Primo TV, an English-language cable channel aimed at Hispanic youth.;
• Azteca América, a Spanish-language television network in the United States, with affiliates in nearly every major U.S. market, and numerous affiliates internationally;
• Fuse, a former music channel that merged with the Hispanic-oriented NuvoTV in 2015.
• FM, a music-centric channel that replaced NuvoTV following the latter's merger with Fuse in 2015.
• 3ABN Latino, a Spanish-language Christian television network based in West Frankfort, Illinois;
• TBN Enlace USA, a Spanish-language Christian television network based in Tustin, California;

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• La Opinión, a Spanish-language daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the six counties of Southern California. It is the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States
• El Nuevo Herald and Diario Las Américas, Spanish-language daily newspapers serving the greater Miami, Florida, market
• El Tiempo Latino a Spanish-language free-circulation weekly newspaper published in Washington, D.C.
• Latina, a magazine for bilingual, bicultural Hispanic women
• People en Español, a Spanish-language magazine counterpart of People
• Vida Latina, a Spanish-language entertainment magazine distributed throughout the Southern United States

Because of different cultures throughout the Hispanic world, there are various music forms throughout Hispanic countries, with different sounds and origins. Reggaeton and hip hop are genres that are most popular to Hispanic youth in the United States. Recently Latin trap, trap corridos, and Dominican dembow have gained popularity.{{Cite news |date=2019-02-28 |title=How Latin trap defied the odds and launched the hottest artists of 2018 - The Washington Post |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/record-labels-said-latin-trap-was-going-nowhere-billions-of-youtube-views-proved-them-wrong/2019/02/28/9d614286-2ee7-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.cf9f7c073132 |access-date=2024-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228212231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/record-labels-said-latin-trap-was-going-nowhere-billions-of-youtube-views-proved-them-wrong/2019/02/28/9d614286-2ee7-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html |archive-date=February 28, 2019 }}{{Cite news |date=2024-01-28 |title=Where Mexican Folk Ballads Meet Trap Music - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/style/trapcorridos-chicano-los-angeles.html |access-date=2024-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128033634/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/style/trapcorridos-chicano-los-angeles.html |archive-date=January 28, 2024 |last1=Thompson-Hernández |first1=Walter }}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=From Reggaeton to Dominican Dembow. A Timeline to the Hottest Music Genre Around - HipLatina |url=https://hiplatina.com/fromreggaetontodominicandembow/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213222716/https://hiplatina.com/fromreggaetontodominicandembow/ |archive-date=February 13, 2024 }}

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Soccer is a common sport for Hispanics from outside of the Caribbean region, particularly immigrants. They have played a major role in boosting the sport's popularity in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Galván |first=Astrid |date=2024-09-12 |title=Latinos kick soccer into the mainstream |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/09/12/us-soccer-mls-nielsen-ratings |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=Axios |language=en}} Baseball is common among Caribbean Hispanics. They and their culture now form a major part of the fanbase and players in MLB.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Lauren |date=2022-09-23 |title=From the Barrios to the Big Leagues: The Latino Impact on the MLB |url=https://www.wapt.com/article/clarified-the-latino-impact-on-the-mlb/41338849 |access-date=2025-04-10 |website=WAPT |language=en}}

Other popular sports include boxing, gridiron football, and basketball.

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Hispanic food, particularly Mexican food, has influenced American cuisine and eating habits. Mexican cuisine has become mainstream in American culture. Across the United States, tortillas and salsa are arguably becoming as common as hamburger buns and ketchup. Tortilla chips have surpassed potato chips in annual sales, and plantain chips popular in Caribbean cuisines have continued to increase sales.{{cite news |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/17/hispanic-influence-tortillas-take-over-burger-buns/ |title=Hispanic influence: Tortillas take over burger buns as fast-food fave |last=Chumley |first=Cheryl K. |date=October 17, 2013 |newspaper=The Washington Times |access-date=March 5, 2015}} The avocado has been described as "America's new favorite fruit"; its largest market within the US is among Hispanic Americans.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/01/22/the-sudden-rise-of-the-avocado-americas-new-favorite-fruit/ |title=The rise of the avocado, America's new favorite fruit |last1=Ferdman |first1=Roberto A. |date=25 November 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

Due to the large Mexican-American population in the Southwestern United States, and its proximity to Mexico, Mexican food there is believed to be some of the best in the United States. Cubans brought Cuban cuisine to Miami and today, cortaditos, pastelitos de guayaba and empanadas are common mid-day snacks in the city. Cuban culture has changed Miami's coffee drinking habits, and today a café con leche or a cortadito is commonly had at one of the city's numerous coffee shops.{{cite web |url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/10/17/latino-other-ethnic-influences-changing-americas-food-choices/ |title=Latino, other ethnic influences changing America's food choices |work=NBC Latino |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113935/http://nbclatino.com/2013/10/17/latino-other-ethnic-influences-changing-americas-food-choices/ |url-status=dead}} The Cuban sandwich, developed in Miami, is now a staple and icon of the city's cuisine and culture.{{cite web |url=http://www.foodbycountry.com/Spain-to-Zimbabwe-Cumulative-Index/United-States-Latino-Americans.html |title=Food in United States: Latino Americans |website=Food by Country |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

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Hispanic culture places a strong value on family, and is commonly taught to Hispanic children as one of the most important values in life. Statistically, Hispanic families tend to have larger and closer knit families than the American average. Hispanic families tend to prefer to live near other family members. This may mean that three or sometimes four generations may be living in the same household or near each other, although four generations is uncommon in the United States. The role of grandparents is believed to be very important in the upbringing of children.{{cite web |url=http://grandparents.about.com/od/grandparentingtoday/a/hispanic_family.htm |title=Grandparents Important in Hispanic Family Structure |first=Susan |last=Adcox |website=About.com Parenting |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110112336/http://grandparents.about.com/od/grandparentingtoday/a/hispanic_family.htm |url-status=dead}}

Hispanics tend to be very group-oriented, and an emphasis is placed on the well-being of the family above the individual. The extended family plays an important part of many Hispanic families, and frequent social, family gatherings are common. Traditional rites of passages, particularly Roman Catholic sacraments: such as baptisms, birthdays, first Holy Communions, quinceañeras, Confirmations, graduations and weddings are all popular moments of family gatherings and celebrations in Hispanic families.{{cite web |url=http://hispanics.barna.org/hispanic-priorities-marriage-family-and-youth/ |title=Hispanic Priorities: Marriage, Family and Youth |website=Barna Group |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301025546/http://hispanics.barna.org/hispanic-priorities-marriage-family-and-youth/ |archive-date=March 1, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dimensionsofculture.com/2011/03/cultural-values-of-latino-patients-and-families/ |title=Cultural Values of Latino Patients and Families |website=Dimensions of Culture.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

Education is another important priority for Hispanic families. Education is seen as the key towards continued upward mobility in the United States among Hispanic families. A 2010 study by the Associated Press showed that Hispanics place a higher emphasis on education than the average American. Hispanics expect their children to graduate university.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19902/ |title=Hispanic Families in the United States: Family Structure and Process in an Era of Family Change |last1=Landale |first1=Nancy S. |last2=Oropesa |first2=R. Salvador |last3=Bradatan |first3=Christina |name-list-style=amp |website=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/20/hispanics-place-higher-em_n_652605.html |title=Hispanics Place Higher Emphasis On Education, Poll Reports|work=The Huffington Post |access-date=March 5, 2015 |date=July 20, 2010}}

Hispanic youth today stay at home with their parents longer than before. This is due to more years spent studying and the difficulty of finding a paid job that meets their aspirations.{{cite book |editor1-last=Brown |editor1-first=B. Bradford |editor2-last=Larson |editor2-first=Reed W. |editor3-last=Saraswathi |editor3-first=Tharakad Subramanium |name-list-style=amp |date=2002 |title=The World's Youth: Adolescence in Eight Regions of the Globe |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521809108}}

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File:Anya Taylor-Joy by Patrick Lovell, January 2019 (cropped).jpg is of Argentine of English and Scottish descent, the son of a British mother and an Anglo-Argentine father.{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/witchs-anya-taylor-joy-goes-866202|title='The Witch' Breakout Anya Taylor-Joy Goes From Ballet to Studio Thrillers|last=Ford|first=Rebecca|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=18 February 2016|access-date=12 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207062812/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/witchs-anya-taylor-joy-goes-866202|archive-date=7 February 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Florsheim|first=Lane|date=6 November 2020|title=Anya Taylor-Joy on 'The Queen's Gambit' and Dancing at the End of the Pandemic|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/anya-taylor-joy-on-the-queens-gambit-and-dancing-at-the-end-of-the-pandemic-11604681940|access-date=15 November 2020|issn=0099-9660|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115013104/https://www.wsj.com/articles/anya-taylor-joy-on-the-queens-gambit-and-dancing-at-the-end-of-the-pandemic-11604681940|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=19 January 2017|last=Fishwick|first=Samuel|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/anya-taylorjoy-meet-the-actress-on-the-cusp-of-hollywood-superstardom-a3441671.html|title=Anya Taylor-Joy: meet the actress on the cusp of Hollywood superstardom|work=Evening Standard|access-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409202651/http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/anya-taylorjoy-meet-the-actress-on-the-cusp-of-hollywood-superstardom-a3441671.html|archive-date=9 April 2017|url-status=live}} Her father Dennis Taylor was born in Argentina to an Anglo-Argentine mother and a Scottish father, while her mother was born in Zambia to an English diplomat father, David Joy, and a Spanish mother from Barcelona.{{cite news|title=The Spanish family of Anya, the actress of Gambito de Dama: her grandmother's shop in Zaragoza|url=https://thecanadian.news/2021/03/07/the-spanish-family-of-anya-the-actress-of-gambito-de-dama-her-grandmothers-shop-in-zaragoza|work=The Canadian News|date=7 March 2021|access-date=7 March 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064020/https://thecanadian.news/2021/03/07/the-spanish-family-of-anya-the-actress-of-gambito-de-dama-her-grandmothers-shop-in-zaragoza/|archive-date=8 March 2021}}]].

Hispanic Americans, like many immigrant groups before them, are out-marrying at high rates. Out-marriages comprised 17.4% of all existing Hispanic marriages in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/755-marrying-out.pdf |title=Pew Social Trends: "Marrying Out" |date=June 15, 2010 |website=Pew Research Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611003916/http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/755-marrying-out.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-11}} The rate was higher for newlyweds (which excludes immigrants who are already married): Among all newlyweds in 2010, 25.7% of all Hispanics married a non-Hispanic (this compares to out-marriage rates of 9.4% of White people, 17.1% of Black people, and 27.7% of Asians). The rate was larger for native-born Hispanics, with 36.2% of native-born Hispanics (both men and women) out-marrying compared to 14.2% of foreign-born Hispanics.{{cite web |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2012/02/16/the-rise-of-intermarriage/ |title=The Rise of Intermarriage |last=Wang |first=Wendy |date=February 16, 2012 |website=Pew Research Center}} The difference is attributed to recent immigrants tending to marry within their immediate immigrant community due to commonality of language, proximity, familial connections, and familiarity.

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In 2008, 81% of Hispanics who married out married non-Hispanic White people, 9% married non-Hispanic Black people, 5% non-Hispanic Asians, and the remainder married non-Hispanic, multi-racial partners.

Of approximately 275,500 new interracial or interethnic marriages in 2010, 43.3% were White-Hispanic (compared to White-Asian at 14.4%, White-Black at 11.9%, and other combinations at 30.4%; "other combinations" consists of pairings between different minority groups and multi-racial people). Unlike those for marriage to Black people and Asians, intermarriage rates of Hispanics to White people do not vary by gender. The combined median earnings of White/Hispanic couples are lower than those of White/White couples but higher than those of Hispanic/Hispanic couples. 23% of Hispanic men who married White women have a college degree compared to only 10% of Hispanic men who married a Hispanic woman. 33% of Hispanic women who married a White husband are college-educated compared to 13% of Hispanic women who married a Hispanic man.

Attitudes among non-Hispanics toward intermarriage with Hispanics are mostly favorable, with 81% of White people, 76% of Asians and 73% of Black people "being fine" with a member of their family marrying a Hispanic and an additional 13% of White people, 19% of Asians and 16% of Black people "being bothered but accepting of the marriage". Only 2% of White people, 4% of Asians, and 5% of Black people would not accept a marriage of their family member to a Hispanic.

Hispanic attitudes toward intermarriage with non-Hispanics are likewise favorable, with 81% "being fine" with marriages to White people and 73% "being fine" with marriages to Black people. A further 13% admitted to "being bothered but accepting" of a marriage of a family member to a White and 22% admitted to "being bothered but accepting" of a marriage of a family member to a Black. Only 5% of Hispanics objected outright marriage of a family member to a non-Hispanic Black and 2% to a non-Hispanic White.

Unlike intermarriage with other racial groups, intermarriage with non-Hispanic Black people varies by nationality of origin. Puerto Ricans have by far the highest rates of intermarriage with Black people, of all major Hispanic national groups, who also has the highest overall intermarriage rate among Hispanics.{{cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Sharon M. |last2=Edmonston |first2=Barry |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.prb.org/pdf05/60.2newmarriages.pdf |title=New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage |journal=Population Reference Bureau Population Bulletin |volume=6 |issue=2 |issn=0032-468X |date=June 2005 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202603/http://www.prb.org/pdf05/60.2NewMarriages.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |author1=Jeffrey S. Passel |author2=Wendy Wang |author3=Paul Taylor |url=http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/755-marrying-out.pdf |title=Marrying Out: One-in-Seven New U.S. Marriages is Interracial or Interethnic |work=Pew Research Center |date=June 4, 2010 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131171421/http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/755-marrying-out.pdf |archive-date=January 31, 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAdsYl5xgGwC&q=puerto+rican+and+black+intermarriage&pg=PA129 |title=We are All Multiculturalists Now |page=129 |access-date=March 5, 2015|isbn=978-0-674948365 |last1=Glazer |first1=Nathan |year=1998|publisher=Harvard University Press }}{{cite web |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-06-21/features/os-multiracial-population-grows-20110621_1_interracial-hispanic-population-number-of-multiracial-people |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625132249/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2011-06-21/features/os-multiracial-population-grows-20110621_1_interracial-hispanic-population-number-of-multiracial-people |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 25, 2011 |title=Multiracial population grows in Orlando |work=Orlando Sentinel |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.beinglatino.us/lifestyle/how-interracial-relationships-shape-the-latino-community/ |title=How interracial relationships shape the Latino community |work=Being Latino |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102213615/http://www.beinglatino.us/lifestyle/how-interracial-relationships-shape-the-latino-community/ |archive-date=November 2, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://imdiversity.com/villages/hispanic/explorations-in-black-and-tan/ |title=Explorations in Black and Tan |website=Imdiversity.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/02/26/new-generation-afro-latinos-is-confronting-issues-race-and-identity-head-on/ |title=Black History Month: New Generation Of Afro-Latinos Tackles Race And Identity |first=Hilary S. |last=Szot |work=Fox News Latino |access-date=March 5, 2015 |date=February 26, 2014}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q17Vwdwm1-wC&q=puerto+rican+and+african+american+relationships&pg=PA97 |title=Black and Multiracial Politics in America|page=97 |access-date=March 5, 2015|isbn=9780814706633 |last1=Alex-Assensoh |first1=Yvette Marie |last2=Hanks |first2=Lawrence J. |date=November 2000|publisher=NYU Press }}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-m3TKL__amYC&q=puerto+rican+and+african+american+relationships&pg=PA4 |title=Between Melting Pot and Mosaic|page=4 |access-date=March 5, 2015|isbn=978-1-566392808 |last1=Torres |first1=Andrés |year=1995|publisher=Temple University Press }}{{Excessive citations inline|date=January 2023}} Cubans have the highest rate of intermarriage with non-Hispanic White people, of all major Hispanic national groups, and are the most assimilated into White American culture.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/04/the-case-of-the-white-cubans/#.VFZ4TjCJOuY |title=The case of the white Cubans |work=Gene Expression |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-date=April 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406134134/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2012/04/the-case-of-the-white-cubans/#.VFZ4TjCJOuY |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://desdelahabanaivan.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/whitening-the-children-a-desire-of-many-cuban-families/ |title='Whitening' the children: a desire of many Cuban families|work=Iván's File Cabinet |date=February 25, 2012 |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

As Hispanic migrants become the norm in the United States, the effects of this migration on the identity of these migrants and their kin becomes most evident in the younger generations. Crossing the borders changes the identities of both the youth and their families. Often "one must pay special attention to the role expressive culture plays as both entertainment and as a site in which identity is played out, empowered, and reformed" because it is "sometimes in opposition to dominant norms and practices and sometimes in conjunction with them".{{cite book |last=Hondagneu-Sotelo |first=Pierrette |author-link=Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo |editor-last=Gutiérrez |editor-first=D.G. |date=2004 |title=The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States since 1960 |chapter=Gender and the Latino experience in Late-Twentieth-Century America |location=New York City |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231118088}} The exchange of their culture of origin with American culture creates a dichotomy within the values that the youth find important, therefore changing what it means to be Hispanic in the global sphere.

Along with feeling that they are neither from the country of their ethnic background nor the United States, a new identity within the United States is formed called latinidad. This is especially seen in cosmopolitan social settings like New York City, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Underway is "the intermeshing of different Latino subpopulations has laid the foundations for the emergence and ongoing evolution of a strong sense of latinidad" which establishes a "sense of cultural affinity and identity deeply rooted in what many Hispanics perceive to be a shared historical, spiritual, aesthetic and linguistic heritage, and a growing sense of cultural affinity and solidarity in the social context of the United States." This unites Hispanics as one, creating cultural kin with other Hispanic ethnicities.

In a 1998 study of Mexican Americans it was found that males were more likely to endorse the notion than men should be the sole breadwinners of the family, while Mexican American women did not endorse this notion.{{Cite journal |last1=Gowan |first1=Mary |last2=Trevino |first2=Melanie |date=1998-06-01 |title=An Examination of Gender Differences in Mexican-American Attitudes Toward Family and Career Roles |url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018886912223 |journal=Sex Roles |language=en |volume=38 |issue=11 |pages=1079–1093 |doi=10.1023/A:1018886912223 |s2cid=141119013 |issn=1573-2762|url-access=subscription }}

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Prior to the 1960s countercultural movement, Mexican men often felt an exaggerated need to be the sole breadwinner of their families.{{Cite journal |last=Peñalosa |first=Fernando |date=1968 |title=Mexican Family Roles |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/349517 |journal=Journal of Marriage and Family |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=680–689 |doi=10.2307/349517 |jstor=349517 |issn=0022-2445|url-access=subscription }} There are two sides to machismo, the man who has a strong work ethic and lives up to his responsibilities, or the man who heavily drinks and therefore displays acts of unpleasant behavior towards his family.

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The traditional roles of women in a Hispanic community are of housewife and mother, a woman's role is to cook, clean, and care for her children and husband; putting herself and her needs last.{{Cite journal |last=Galanti |first=Geri-Ann |date=July 2003 |title=The Hispanic Family and Male-Female Relationships: An Overview |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1043659603014003004 |journal=Journal of Transcultural Nursing |language=en |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=180–185 |doi=10.1177/1043659603014003004 |pmid=12861920 |s2cid=2397695 |issn=1043-6596|url-access=subscription }} The typical structure of a Hispanic family forces women to defer authority to her husband, allowing him to make the important decisions, that both the woman and children must abide by.{{Cite journal |last1=Cromwell |first1=Ronald E. |last2=Ruiz |first2=Rene A. |date=December 1979 |title=The Myth of Macho Dominance in Decision Making Within Mexican and Chicano Families |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/073998637900100404 |journal=Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences |language=en |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=355–373 |doi=10.1177/073998637900100404 |pmid=12340208 |s2cid=11319203 |issn=0739-9863|url-access=subscription }} In traditional Hispanic households, women and young girls are homebodies or muchachas de la casa ("girls of the house"), showing that they abide "by the cultural norms ... [of] respectability, chastity, and family honor [as] valued by the [Hispanic] community".{{cite journal |url=https://via.library.depaul.edu/dialogo/vol6/iss1/10/ |title=The Sexual Identities of Young Puerto Rican Mothers |last=Souza |first=Caridad |date=2002 |journal=Diálogo |volume=6 |number=1}}

Migration to the United States can change the identity of Hispanic youth in various ways, including how they carry their gendered identities.{{Cite journal |last1=Foner |first1=Nancy |last2=Deaux |first2=Kay |last3=Donato |first3=Katharine M. |date=2018 |title=Introduction: Immigration and Changing Identities |journal=RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=1–25 |doi=10.7758/rsf.2018.4.5.01 |jstor=10.7758/rsf.2018.4.5.01 |s2cid=158508992 |issn=2377-8253|doi-access=free}} However, when Hispanic women come to the United States, they tend to adapt to the perceived social norms of this new country and their social location changes as they become more independent and able to live without the financial support of their families or partners. The unassimilated community views these adapting women as being de la calle ("of [or from] the street"), transgressive, and sexually promiscuous. A women's motive for pursuing an education or career is to prove she can care and make someone of herself, breaking the traditional gender role that a Hispanic woman can only serve as a mother or housewife, thus changing a woman's role in society.{{Cite journal |last1=Espin |first1=Oliva M. |last2=Warner |first2=Beth |date=September 1982 |title=Attitudes Towards the Role of Women in Cuban Women Attending a Community College |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002076408202800310 |journal=International Journal of Social Psychiatry |language=en |volume=28 |issue=3 |pages=233–239 |doi=10.1177/002076408202800310 |pmid=7118462 |s2cid=45670975 |issn=0020-7640|url-access=subscription }} Some Hispanic families in the United States "deal with young women's failure to adhere to these culturally prescribed norms of proper gendered behavior in a variety of ways, including sending them to live in ... [the sending country] with family members, regardless of whether or not ... [the young women] are sexually active".{{cite journal |title='Puertorriqueñas Rencorosas y Mejicanas Sufridas': Gendered Ethnic Identity Formation in Chicago's Latino Communities |last=Pérez |first=Gina |date=2003 |journal=Journal of Latin American Anthropology |volume=8 |number=2 |pages=96–124 |doi=10.1525/jlca.2003.8.2.96}} Now there has been a rise in the Hispanic community where both men and women are known to work and split the household chores among themselves; women are encouraged to gain an education, degree, and pursue a career.{{Cite journal |last1=Tharp |first1=Roland G. |last2=Meadow |first2=Arnold |last3=Lennhoff |first3=Susan G. |last4=Satterfield |first4=Donna |date=1968 |title=Changes in Marriage Roles Accompanying the Acculturation of the Mexican-American Wife |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/349908 |journal=Journal of Marriage and Family |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=404–412 |doi=10.2307/349908 |jstor=349908 |issn=0022-2445|url-access=subscription }}

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According to polling data released in 2022, 11% of Hispanic American adults identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. This is more than twice the rate of White Americans or African Americans. Over 20% of Hispanic Millennials and Gen Z claimed an LGBT identity.{{cite news |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/06/01/more-latinos-are/ |title=More Latinos are identifying as LGBTQ. Here's how some in Utah have found acceptance and community |last=Bojórquez |first=Kim |date=June 1, 2022 |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |quote=The poll found 11% of U.S. Latino adults said they identified as LGBTQ, nearly twice the rate of 6.2% of non-Hispanic white adults and 6.6% of Black adults who said they were queer. The percentage of queer Latino adults was even higher among Gen Zers — the cohort born between 1997 and 2012 — where more than 1 in 5 said they were LGBTQ, the report found.}} The growth of the young Hispanic population is driving an increase of the LGBT community in the United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/06/12/lgbtq-population-us-hispanic-black-white/ |title=More young, Hispanic Americans identify as LGBTQ+ than ever before |last1=Kupemba |first1=Danai Nesta |date=12 June 2022 |work=PinkNews |quote=New data has confirmed that young Hispanic Americans are driving an increase in the LGBTQ+ population.}} Studies have shown that Hispanic Americans are over-represented among transgender people in the United States.{{cite journal |last1=Nolan |first1=Ian T. |last2=Kuhner |first2=Christopher J. |last3=Dy |first3=Geolani W. |title=Demographic and temporal trends in transgender identities and gender confirming surgery |journal=Translational Andrology and Urology |publisher=AME Publishing Company |volume=8 |issue=3 |year=2019 |issn=2223-4683 |doi=10.21037/tau.2019.04.09 |pages=184–190|pmid=31380225 | pmc=6626314 |quote=Studies evaluating racial and ethnic demographic trends suggest that non-white groups are overrepresented in TGNB populations. Flores et al. estimate transgender prevalence among non-Hispanic whites at approximately 480 per 100,000, lower than the 770 per 100,000 for non-Hispanic blacks, 840 per 100,000 for "Hispanic/Latino" and 640 per 100,000 for "other non-Hispanic" categories. |doi-access=free }}{{cite book |last1=Flores |first1=Andrew |title=Race And Ethnicity Of Adults Who Identify As Transgender In The United States |date=2016 |publisher=The Williams Institute (UCLA) |location=Los Angeles, California |page=3 |url=https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Race-Ethnicity-Trans-Adults-US-Oct-2016.pdf |quote=Based on these estimates, we find that adults who identify as transgender are less likely to be White and more likely to be African-American or Black and Hispanic or Latino than the U.S. general population.}}

According to Gattamorta, et al. (2018), the socially constructed notion of machismo reinforces male gender roles in Hispanic culture, which can lead to internalized homophobia in Hispanic gay men and increase mental health issues and suicidal ideation.{{Cite journal |last1=Gattamorta |first1=Karina |last2=Quidley-Rodriguez |first2=Narciso |date=2018 |title=Coming Out Experiences of Hispanic Sexual Minority Young Adults in South Florida |journal=Journal of Homosexuality |volume=65 |issue=6 |pages=741–765 |doi=10.1080/00918369.2017.1364111 |issn=0091-8369 |pmc=5797510 |pmid=28771094 |quote=Machismo, a socially constructed set of behaviors that reinforces male gender roles in Hispanic culture, may impact identity development and behavior (Arciniega, Anderson, Tovar-Blank, & Tracey, 2008; Basham, 1976; De La Cancela, 1986). Hirai, Winkel, and Popan (2014) reported that higher levels of machismo was positively correlated with prejudice toward lesbians and gay men. In addition, machismo has been correlated with internalized homophobia (Estrada, Rigali-Oiler, Arciniega, & Tracey, 2011), and this, in turn, has been linked to mental health issues and suicidal ideation (Cochran, Sullivan, & Mays, 2003; Hatzenbuehler, McLaughlin, & Nolen-Hoeksema, 2008; Newcomb & Mustanski, 2010; Williamson, 2000).}} However, according to Reyes Salinas, more recent research shows that there has been an explosive growth of LGBT self-identification among young Hispanic Americans, which may signal that the Hispanic attitudes towards LGBT have broken down. According to Marina Franco, polling conducted in 2022 suggests that the Hispanic community in America is largely accepting of LGBT people and gay marriage, which is significant in light of the rapid growth of LGBT self-identification among Hispanics.{{cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/03/24/latinos-lgbtq-acceptance |title=Poll: Latinos are highly accepting of members of LGBTQ community |last1=Franco |first1=Marina |date=2022-03-24 |website=Axios}}

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As a result of the rapid growth of the Hispanic population, there has been some tension with other minority populations, especially the African-American population, as Hispanics have increasingly moved into once exclusively Black areas.{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/9587776?story_id=9587776 |title=Where black and brown collide: The struggle for political dominance |author= |date=August 2, 2007 |newspaper=The Economist}}{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4653328 |title=Racial Tension at Los Angeles High School |last1=Chideya |first1=Farai |last2=del Barco |first2=Mandalit |name-list-style=amp |date=May 16, 2005 |website=National Public Radio}} There has also been increasing cooperation between minority groups to work together to attain political influence.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/24/national/24mayor.html |title=A Black-Latino Coalition Emerges in Los Angeles |last=Broder |first=John M. |date=April 24, 2005 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

• A 2007 UCLA study reported that 51% of Black people felt that Hispanics were taking jobs and political power from them and 44% of Hispanics said they feared African-Americans, identifying them (African-Americans) with high crime rates. That said, large majorities of Hispanics credited American Black people and the civil rights movement with making life easier for them in the United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/13/us/13race.html |title=Survey Points to Tensions Among Chief Minorities |last=Preston |first=Julia |date=December 13, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cite web |url=http://www.c3.ucla.edu/newsstand/national/poll-explores-racial-tensions-among-minority-groups |title=Poll Explores Racial Tensions Among Minority Groups |last=Senteno |first=Christine |date=December 13, 2007 |website=UCLA Center for Communications & Community |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712063148/http://www.c3.ucla.edu/newsstand/national/poll-explores-racial-tensions-among-minority-groups |archive-date=2010-07-12}}
• A Pew Research Center poll from 2006 showed that Black people overwhelmingly felt that Hispanic immigrants were hard working (78%) and had strong family values (81%); 34% believed that immigrants took jobs from Americans, 22% of Black people believed that they had directly lost a job to an immigrant, and 34% of Black people wanted immigration to be curtailed. The report also surveyed three cities: Chicago (with its well-established Hispanic community); Washington, D.C. (with a less-established but quickly growing Hispanic community); and Raleigh-Durham (with a very new but rapidly growing Hispanic community). The results showed that a significant proportion of Black people in those cities wanted immigration to be curtailed: Chicago (46%), Raleigh-Durham (57%), and Washington, DC (48%).{{cite web |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/2006/04/25/attitudes-toward-immigration-in-black-and-white/ |title=Attitudes Toward Immigration: In Black and White |last=Rosentiel |first=Tom |date=April 26, 2006 |website=Pew Research Center}}
• Per a 2008 University of California, Berkeley Law School research brief, a recurring theme to Black/Hispanic tensions is the growth in "contingent, flexible, or contractor labor", which is increasingly replacing long term steady employment for jobs on the lower-rung of the pay scale (which had been disproportionately filled by Black people). The transition to this employment arrangement corresponds directly with the growth in the Hispanic immigrant population. The perception is that this new labor arrangement has driven down wages, removed benefits, and rendered temporary, jobs that once were stable (but also benefiting consumers who receive lower-cost services) while passing the costs of labor (healthcare and indirectly education) onto the community at large.{{cite web |url=http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/Saucedo_African_Am_Immigrant_Tensions_Final_brief.pdf |title=African American–immigrant Tensions: Myths, Realities And Policy Implications |last=Saucedo |first=Leticia M. |date=July 2008 |website=University of Berkeley Law School}}
• A 2008 Gallup poll indicated that 60% of Hispanics and 67% of Black people believe that good relations exist between US Black people and Hispanics{{cite web |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/108868/whites-may-exaggerate-blackhispanic-tensions.aspx |title=White people May Exaggerate Black-Hispanic Tensions |last=Saad |first=Lydia |date=July 17, 2008 |website=Gallup}} while only 29% of Black people, 36% of Hispanics and 43% of White people, say Black–Hispanic relations are bad.
• In 2009, in Los Angeles County, Hispanics committed 30% of the hate crimes against Black victims and Black people committed 70% of the hate crimes against Hispanics.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/hate-crimes-in-la-county-down-overall-anti-jewish-vandalism-rises.html |title=Hate crimes in L.A. County down overall, but anti-Jewish vandalism rises |last=Faturechi |first=Robert |date=December 21, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207195336/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/hate-crimes-in-la-county-down-overall-anti-jewish-vandalism-rises.html |archive-date=2011-02-07}}

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{{See also|List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress}}

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Hispanics differ on their political views depending on their location and background. The majority (57%){{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/12/10/gop_debaters_beckon_hispanics/ |title=GOP hopefuls beckon Hispanics in debate |access-date=2008-06-08 |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=2007-12-10 |work=The Boston Globe}} either identify as or support the Democrats, and 23% identify as Republicans. This 34-point gap as of December 2007 was an increase from the gap of 21 points 16 months earlier. While traditionally a key Democratic Party constituency at-large,{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2000/us_elections/hispanic_vote/1003642.stm |title=The Latino challenge |access-date=2008-05-16 |last=Munoz |first=Carlos Jr. |date=2 November 2000 |website=BBC News}} beginning in the early 2010s, Hispanics have begun to split{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/28/us/politics/border-grievance-politics.html |title=How Immigration Politics Drives Some Hispanic Voters to the G.O.P. in Texas |access-date=2022-05-02 |last=Medina |first=Jennifer |date=1 March 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}} between the Democrats and the Republican Party.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/opinion/democratic-party-latino-voters.html |title=Latino Voters Are Key to 2024, and They're Not Always Buying What Democrats Are Selling |access-date=2022-05-02 |last=Cadava |first=Geraldo |date=18 January 2022 |newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3270602-hispanics-are-abandoning-biden-in-droves-heres-why/ |title=Hispanics are abandoning Biden in droves. Here's why |access-date=2022-05-02 |last=Concha |first=Joe |date=17 April 2022 |newspaper=The Hill}}{{cite news |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3471496-minorities-are-finding-a-new-political-home-with-the-republican-party/ |title=Minorities are finding a new political home with the Republican Party |access-date=2022-05-02 |last=McDaniel |first=Ronna |date=29 April 2022 |newspaper=The Hill}} In a 2022 study, it was found that 64% of Latinos surveyed had positive attitudes towards President Obama's executive actions on immigration, which was notably four percentage points lower than that of non-Hispanic Black respondents. It was also noted that support for undocumented immigrants was lowest among Latinos living in developing 'bedroom communities' or newly built suburbs designed for commuters. This was also the case for Latinos of affluent income levels, however they were still most likely to display a positive attitude towards undocumented immigrants, especially when compared to their non-Hispanic White counterparts.{{cite journal |last1=Frasure-Yokley |first1=L. |last2=Wilcox-Archuleta |first2=B. |name-list-style=amp |title=Geographic Identity and Attitudes toward Undocumented Immigrants |journal=Political Research Quarterly |date=2019 |volume=4 |issue=72 |pages=944–959 |doi=10.1177/1065912919843349 |jstor=45223013 |s2cid=182586898 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/45223013 |access-date=30 September 2022|url-access=subscription }}

Cuban Americans, Colombian Americans, Chilean Americans, and Venezuelan Americans tend to favor conservative political ideologies and support the Republicans. Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominican Americans tend to favor progressive political ideologies and support the Democrats. However, because the latter groups are far more numerous—as, again, Mexican Americans alone are 64% of Hispanics—the Democratic Party is considered to be in a far stronger position with the ethnic group overall.

Some political organizations associated with Hispanic Americans are League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the United Farm Workers, the Cuban American National Foundation and the National Institute for Latino Policy.

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File:Henry B Gonzalez.jpg, elected in 1961, served 37 years in the House, the longest-serving Hispanic American in congressional history.]]

The United States has a population of over 60 million of Hispanic Americans, of whom 27 million are citizens eligible to vote (13% of total eligible voters); therefore, Hispanics have a very important effect on presidential elections since the vote difference between two main parties is usually around 4%.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/01/19/looking-forward-to-2016-the-changing-latino-electorate/ |title=1. Looking Forward to 2016: The Changing Latino Electorate |date=January 19, 2016 |website=Pew Research Center}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2016/01/19/millennials-make-up-almost-half-of-latino-eligible-voters-in-2016/ |title=Millennials Make Up Almost Half of Latino Eligible Voters in 2016 |date=January 19, 2016 |website=Pew Research Center}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/02/03/2016-electorate-will-be-the-most-diverse-in-u-s-history/ |title=2016 electorate will be the most diverse in U.S. history |date=February 3, 2016 |website=Pew Research Center}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/magazine/27-million-potential-hispanic-votes-but-what-will-they-really-add-up-to.html |title=27 Million Potential Hispanic Votes. But What Will They Really Add Up To? |first=Marcela |last=Valdes |date=September 14, 2016 |magazine=The New York Times Magazine}}

During the 1986 midterm elections, Hispanic voter turnout was increasing, although it remained lower compared to other demographic groups. The political concerns of Hispanic communities during this period included immigration reform and civil rights, with modest gains for Latino candidates at state and local levels. In the 1988 presidential election, George H.W. Bush (Republican) and Michael Dukakis (Democrat) were the main contenders, and although Hispanic voters were becoming more engaged, their influence was still emerging. The 1990 Census highlighted the substantial growth of Hispanic populations in the United States, leading to greater attention from political parties to Hispanic issues and concerns.

The 1992 presidential election marked a significant shift as Bill Clinton (Democrat) engaged actively with Hispanic voters, resulting in increased Latino support and signaling a broader Democratic outreach. Clinton's administration would further stimulate Hispanic political activity. The 1994 midterm elections saw Republican gains and were significantly impacted by debates over immigration and welfare reform, including California's Proposition 187, which sought to limit public services for undocumented immigrants and mobilized many Latino voters.

By the 1996 presidential election, Bill Clinton's successful re-election campaign reflected the growing influence of Hispanic voters. Key issues for the Latino community during this time included immigration, education, and healthcare. The period also witnessed an increase in Latino representation in Congress with figures such as Bob Menendez and Luis Gutiérrez emerging as prominent leaders. Overall, the period from 1986 to 1996 marked a critical phase in the evolving political influence and representation of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States.

File:Barbara vucanovich.jpg the first Hispanic woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, in which she served representing Nevada.]]

In the 1996 presidential election, 72% of Hispanics backed President Bill Clinton. In 2000, the Democratic total fell to 62%, and went down again in 2004, with Democrat John Kerry winning Hispanics 54–44 against Bush.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/2012/11/2012_Latino_vote_exit_poll_analysis_final_11-07-12.pdf |title=The Hispanic Vote in Presidential Elections, 1980–2012 |access-date=2013-05-11 |website=Pew Research Center |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423082537/http://www.pewhispanic.org/files/2012/11/2012_Latino_vote_exit_poll_analysis_final_11-07-12.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-23 |url-status=dead}} Hispanics in the West, especially in California, were much stronger for the Democratic Party than in Texas and Florida. California Hispanics voted 63–32 for Kerry in 2004, and both Arizona and New Mexico Hispanics by a smaller 56–43 margin. Texas Hispanics were split nearly evenly, favoring Kerry 50–49 over their favorite son candidate and Florida Hispanics (who are mostly Cuban American) backed Bush, by a 54–45 margin.

In 1998, California Proposition 227, which sought to eliminate bilingual education in public schools, was passed. This initiative highlighted the political mobilization of Latino communities and their influence on educational policy in California.

File:George W Bush and Alberto Gonzales.jpg announces Alberto Gonzales nomination as the Attorney General.]]

The 2000 presidential election was notably close, with George W. Bush winning the presidency over Al Gore. Bush's outreach to Hispanic voters, particularly in battleground states such as Florida, was a significant factor in his narrow victory. Despite the growing visibility of Hispanic candidates, their representation at the national level remained limited. By the 2002 midterm elections, there was a notable increase in Hispanic representation in Congress, with more Latino candidates successfully winning seats in the House of Representatives. This trend continued to grow, reflecting the expanding political engagement of Hispanic Americans. In the 2004 presidential election, George W. Bush was re-elected, with a notable increase in Hispanic support attributed to his campaign's targeted outreach efforts. Prominent Latino figures, including New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson and U.S. Senators Ken Salazar, gained national recognition during this period.

In the 2006 midterm election, however, due to the unpopularity of the Iraq War, the heated debate concerning illegal Hispanic immigration and Republican-related Congressional scandals, Hispanics went as strongly Democratic as they have since the Clinton years. Exit polls showed the group voting for Democrats by a lopsided 69–30 margin, with Florida Hispanics for the first time split evenly.

The runoff election in Texas' 23rd congressional district was seen as a bellwether of Hispanic politics. Democrat Ciro Rodriguez's unexpected (and unexpectedly decisive) defeat of Republican incumbent Henry Bonilla was seen as proof of a leftward lurch among Hispanic voters; majority-Hispanic counties overwhelmingly backed Rodriguez and majority European-American counties overwhelmingly backed Bonilla.

File:Ileana Ros-Lehtinen official photo.jpg became the first Cuban American Hispanic in congress and first Hispanic chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference.]]

In the 2008 Presidential election's Democratic primary, Hispanics participated in larger numbers than before, with Hillary Clinton receiving most of the group's support.{{cite web |url=http://en.afrik.com/article12914.html |title=Obama gets another ally |last=Ndiaye |first=Ahmad |date=2008-03-22 |website=Afrik-News |access-date=2008-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610105225/http://en.afrik.com/article12914.html |archive-date=2008-06-10 |url-status=live}} Pundits discussed whether Hispanics would not vote for Barack Obama because he was African-American.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/us/politics/15hispanic.html |title=In Obama's Pursuit of Latinos, Race Plays Role |last1=Nagourney |first1=Adam |last2=Steinhauer |first2=Jennifer |author2-link=Jennifer Steinhauer |name-list-style=amp |date=January 15, 2008 |newspaper=The New York Times}} Hispanics voted 2 to 1 for Mrs. Clinton, even among the younger demographic. In other groups, younger voters went overwhelmingly for Obama.{{cite web |url=http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/86.pdf |title=The Hispanic Vote in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries |last1=Minushkin |first1=Susan |last2=Lopez |first2=Mark Hugo |name-list-style=amp |date=February 21, 2008 |website=Pew Hispanic Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501041525/http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/86.pdf |archive-date=2009-05-01}} Among Hispanics, 28% said race was involved in their decision, as opposed to 13% for (non-Hispanic) White people. Obama defeated Clinton.

In the matchup between Obama and Republican candidate John McCain, Hispanics supported Obama with 59% to McCain's 29% in the June 30 Gallup tracking poll. This was higher than expected, since McCain had been a leader of the comprehensive immigration reform effort (John McCain was born in Panama to parents who were serving in the US Navy, but raised in the United States).{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/06/mccain-lost-ground-with-hispanics-despite-immigration-stance/ |title=McCain Lost Ground with Hispanics, Despite Immigration Stance |date=September 1, 2010 |website=HispanicTips |access-date=August 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901033154/http://www.hispanictips.com/2008/11/06/mccain-lost-ground-with-hispanics-despite-immigration-stance/ |archive-date=September 1, 2010}} However, McCain had retreated from reform during the Republican primary, damaging his standing among Hispanics.{{cite web |url=https://www.alternet.org/2008/11/why_john_mccain_lost_the_latino_vote |title=Why John McCain Lost the Latino Vote |last=Costantini |first=Peter |date=November 12, 2008 |work=AlterNet |access-date=March 5, 2015}}{{better source needed|unreliable source |date=November 2021}} Obama took advantage of the situation by running ads in Spanish highlighting McCain's reversal.{{YouTube|Ry9LnAazwMg}}{{better source needed|YouTube – primary/unreliable |date=November 2021}}

File:Governor_NewMexico.jpg, first elected Hispanic woman Governor in the United States. She is of Mexican descent.]]

In the general election, 67% of Hispanics voted for Obama.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-11-06-hispanics_N.htm |title=Hispanic vote grows, shifts to Democrats |last=Lawrence |first=Jill |date=2008-11-06 |work=USA Today |access-date=2009-04-11}}{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1 |title=Local Exit Polls – Election Center 2008 |work=CNN |access-date=2010-05-04}} with a relatively strong turnout in states such as Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Virginia, helping Obama carry those formerly Republican states. Obama won 70% of non-Cuban Hispanics and 35% of the traditionally Republican Cuban Americans who have a strong presence in Florida. The relative growth of non-Cuban vs Cuban Hispanics also contributed to his carrying Florida's Hispanics with 57% of the vote.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6099797.html |title=In record turnout, Hispanic voters flip red states to blue |last=Carroll |first=Susan |date=2008-11-06 |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |access-date=2009-04-11}}

While employment and the economy were top concerns for Hispanics, almost 90% of Hispanic voters rated immigration as "somewhat important" or "very important" in a poll taken after the election.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2009/01/30/republicans-and-latino-voters-has-the-gop-shifted-on-immigration-reform.html?PageNr=2 |title=Republicans and Latino Voters: Has the GOP Shifted on Immigration Reform? |first=Justin |last=Ewers |date=2009-01-30 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=2009-04-08}} [https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2009/01/30/republicans-and-latino-voters-has-the-gop-shifted-on-immigration-reform.html?PageNr=1 Page 1] Republican opposition to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 had damaged the party's appeal to Hispanics, especially in swing states such as Florida, Nevada and New Mexico. In a Gallup poll of Hispanic voters taken in the final days of June 2008, only 18% of participants identified as Republicans.{{cite web |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJyH1GO3NGTeG0KIQjK8-P98ktwg |title=Obama dominates McCain among Hispanics: poll |date=July 2, 2008 |website=AFP |access-date=2009-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118173624/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJyH1GO3NGTeG0KIQjK8-P98ktwg |archive-date=2010-11-18}} The 2010 midterm elections highlighted the growing influence of Hispanic Americans in U.S. politics. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida, won a Senate seat, enhancing the visibility of Latino politicians in national politics.

Hispanics voted even more heavily for Democrats in the 2012 election with the Democratic incumbent Barack Obama receiving 71% and the Republican challenger Mitt Romney receiving about 27% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://njtoday.net/2012/11/27/opinion-the-latino-vote-in-2012-and-the-depth-of-the-gop-problem/ |title=[OPINION] The Latino Vote In 2012 and the Depth Of The GOP Problem |work=NJ Today.net |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402194905/http://njtoday.net/2012/11/27/opinion-the-latino-vote-in-2012-and-the-depth-of-the-gop-problem/ |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/are-republican-immigration-reform-opponents-losing-clout/ |title=Are Republican immigration reform opponents losing clout? |date=November 23, 2012 |website=CBS News.com |access-date=March 5, 2015}} Some Hispanic leaders were offended by remarks Romney made during a fundraiser, when he suggested that cultural differences{{cite news |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/312830/culture-does-matter-mitt-romney |last=Romney |first=Mitt |title=Culture does matter |newspaper=National Review Online |date=July 31, 2012}} and "the hand of providence"{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9439416/Mitt-Romney-Israelis-richer-than-Palestinians-because-of-hand-of-providence.html |title=Mitt Romney: Israelis richer than Palestinians because of 'hand of providence' |last1=Bloomfield |first1=Adrian |last2=Day |first2=Matthew |last3=Swaine |first3=Jon |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=July 30, 2012 |location=London |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9439416/Mitt-Romney-Israelis-richer-than-Palestinians-because-of-hand-of-providence.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/30/mitt-romney-israel-economic-success |title=Mitt Romney 'providence' comments in Israel outrage Palestinians |last=Sherwood |first=Harriet |date=July 30, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=August 3, 2012}} help explain why Israelis are more economically successful than Palestinians, and why similar economic disparities exist between other neighbors, such as the United States and Mexico, or Chile and Ecuador.{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/text-romneys-remarks-culture-israel-16899892 |title=Text of Romney's Remarks About Culture and Israel |agency=Associated Press |date=August 1, 2012 |work=ABC News |access-date=August 1, 2012}} A senior aide to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called the remarks racist,{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/30/mitt-romney-says-jewish-culture-makes-israelis-more-economically-successful-than-palestinians/ |title=Mitt Romney creates fresh divisions on Israel tour with 'racist' economic remarks |date=July 30, 2012 |newspaper=National Post |access-date=August 2, 2012}} as did American political scientist Angelo Falcón, president of the National Institute of Latino Policy.{{cite news |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/862216.html |title=Embajada de México rechaza comentarios de Romney |newspaper=El Universal |date=August 1, 2012 |language=es |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708172603/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/862216.html |url-status=dead }} Mitt Romney's father was born to American parents in a Mormon colony in Chihuahua, Mexico. The Hispanic vote was crucial to Obama's re-election, particularly in swing states such as Florida, Colorado, and Nevada. The Obama campaign's focus on issues important to Latino voters, including immigration reform and healthcare, helped secure substantial support from the Hispanic community.

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"More convincing data" from the 2016 United States presidential election{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01t7DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 |last=Sabato |first=Larry J. |author-link=Larry Sabato |editor1-last=Sabato |editor1-first=Larry |editor2-last=Kondik |editor2-first=Kyle |editor3-last=Skelley |editor3-first=Geoffrey |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |title=Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules |chapter=The 2016 Election that Broke All, or At Least Most, of the Rules |location=Lanham, MD |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=10 |isbn=978-1-442279407}} from the polling firm Latino Decisions indicates that Clinton received a higher share of the Hispanic vote, and Trump a lower share, than the Edison exit polls showed. Using wider, more geographically and linguistically representative sampling, Latino Decisions concluded that Clinton won 79% of Hispanic voters (also an improvement over Obama's share in 2008 and 2012), while Trump won only 18% (lower than previous Republicans such as Romney and McCain).{{cite book |first1=Matt |last1=Barreto |first2=Thomas |last2=Schaller |first3=Gary |last3=Segura|chapter=Latinos and the 2016 Election|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=01t7DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA10 |title=Trumped: The 2016 Election That Broke All the Rules|editor1-first=Larry|editor1-last=Sabato|editor2-first=Kyle|editor2-last=Kondik|editor3-first=Geoffrey|editor3-last=Skelley |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |location=Lanham, Maryland |date=2017|pages=123–35|isbn=978-1-442279407}} Additionally, the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study found that Clinton's share of the Hispanic vote was one percentage point higher than Obama's in 2012, while Trump's was seven percentage points lower than Romney's.{{cite web |first=Geoffrey |last=Skelley |date=March 23, 2017 |url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/another-look-back-at-2016/ |title=Another Look Back at 2016: Comparing the exit poll and the Cooperative Congressional Election Study |website=Sabato's Crystal Ball |access-date=March 8, 2018}} Trump's campaign was marked by controversial statements and policies regarding immigration, which galvanized Latino voters.

On June 26, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a millennial, won the Democratic primary in New York's 14th congressional district covering parts of The Bronx and Queens in New York City, defeating the incumbent, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, in what has been described as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election season and at the age of 29 years, became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.{{cite magazine |last1=Remnick |first1=David |title=Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Historic Win and the Future of the Democratic Party |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/23/alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-historic-win-and-the-future-of-the-democratic-party |magazine=The New Yorker |date=July 23, 2018}}{{cite web |first=Alex |last=Seitz-Wald |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/rep-joe-crowley-loses-28-year-old-newcomer-alexandria-ocasio-n886851 |title=High-ranking Democrat ousted in stunning primary loss to newcomer Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |website=NBC News |date=June 26, 2018 |access-date=June 27, 2018}} She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America and has been endorsed by various politically progressive organizations and individuals.{{cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/bernie-sanders-weighs-in-on-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-s-victory-1265337411768 |title=Bernie Sanders weighs in on Ocasio-Cortez's victory |website=MSNBC |date=June 27, 2018 |access-date=August 10, 2018}} According to a Pew Research Center report, the 2020 election will be the first one when Hispanics are the largest racial or ethnic minority group in the electorate. A record 32 million Hispanics were projected to be eligible to vote in the presidential election, many of them first-time voters. On September 15, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate and appoint Eduardo Verastegui, to be a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Hispanic Prosperity if re-elected after days of the Democratic convention.{{cite web |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate and Appoint Individuals to Key Administration Posts |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-appoint-individuals-key-administration-posts-091620/ |via=National Archives |website=whitehouse.gov |access-date=2020-09-17}}

Hispanic communities across the United States were long held as a single voting bloc, but economic, geographic and cultural differences show stark divides in how Hispanic Americans have cast their ballots in 2020. Hispanics helped deliver Florida to Donald Trump in part because of Cuban Americans and Venezuelan Americans (along with smaller populations such as Nicaraguan Americans and Chilean Americans); President Trump's reelection campaign ran pushing a strong anti-socialism message as a strategy in Florida, to their success. However the perceived anti-immigrant rhetoric resonated with Mexican Americans in Arizona and the COVID-19 pandemic (Arizona being one of the states hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States).{{Cite web |title=Election 2020: How Latino voters turned Arizona blue |url=https://www.ajplus.net/stories/how-latino-voters-turned-arizona-blue |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=AJ+ |language=en-US}} Many Latino voters in Nevada are members of the Culinary Union Local 226 and supported Biden based on Right-to-work standards.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-07 |title=Culinary Union delivered Nevada for Biden/Harris, drove unprecedented turnout with the largest political team statewide |url=https://www.culinaryunion226.org/news/press/culinary-union-drove-unprecedented-turnout-2020 |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Culinary Union Local 226 |language=en}} The takeaway may be this may be the last election cycle that the "Hispanic vote" as a whole is more talked about instead of particular communities within it, such as Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans and so on. In Texas like in Arizona and Nevada, the Hispanic community mainly being Mexican American; one in three Texan voters is now Hispanic. Biden did win the Hispanic vote in those states. But in Texas, 41 percent to 47 percent of Hispanic voters backed Trump in several heavily Hispanic border counties in the Rio Grande Valley region, a Democratic stronghold. In Florida, Trump won 45 percent of the Hispanic vote, an 11-point improvement from his 2016 performance reported NBC News.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/trump-s-gains-among-latino-voters-shouldn-t-come-surprise-n1246463 |title=Trump's gains among Latino voters shouldn't come as a surprise. Here's why. |date=November 5, 2020 |website=NBC News |access-date=November 6, 2020}} Recognizing Hispanics as a population that can not only make a difference in swing states like Arizona, Nevada, Texas or Florida, but also really across the country, even in places like Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, the number of Hispanic eligible voters may be the reason for the thin margins. In 1984, 37 percent of Hispanics voted for Ronald Reagan and 40 percent voted for George W. Bush in 2004.

In Florida, even though Trump won Florida and gained Hispanic voters, Biden kept 53% of the Hispanic vote and Trump 45%. According to NBC News exit polls, 55% of Cuban Americans, 30% of Puerto Ricans and 48% of other Hispanics voted for Trump.{{cite web |url=https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/two-hispanic-congressmen-from-arizona-on-the-list-of-potential-candidates-for-bidens-cabinet/75-5fd66d62-ba95-42bd-a4f5-d33ed5c93850 |title=2 Hispanic congressmen from Arizona among 'potential candidates' for Biden's cabinet |website=12news NBC News |date=November 19, 2020 |access-date=November 19, 2020}}

Subsections of Hispanic voters have a range of historical influences vying to affect their votes. Cuban American voters, mostly concentrated in South Florida, tend to vote Republican in part because of their anathema for socialism, the party of Fidel Castro's government that many of their families fled. Mexican Americans, however, have no such historical relationship with either party. Puerto Rican voters who have left the island might be influenced by the territory's move towards statehood, as a referendum for Trump's relief effort after Hurricane Maria, or regarding how it is taxed.{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/1927575/the-us-election-proves-theres-no-such-thing-as-the-latino-vote/ |title=The US election proves there's no such thing as "the Latino vote" |website=Quartz.com |date=November 6, 2020 |access-date=November 6, 2020}} The 2020 presidential election was a major event, with Joe Biden defeating incumbent President Donald Trump. Biden's campaign focused on issues such as immigration reform, healthcare, and economic recovery, which resonated with many Latino voters. Despite Biden's win, Trump made significant inroads with Hispanic voters compared to 2016, particularly in Florida and Texas. This election highlighted the diverse political preferences within the Latino community and the growing complexity of its electoral impact.

Nationwide, Hispanics cast 16.6 million votes in 2020, an increase of 30.9% over the 2016 presidential election.{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/latino-vote-analysis-2020-presidential-election |title=Latino voters were decisive in 2020 presidential election |date=January 6, 2021 |website=UCLA |access-date=July 13, 2021}}

After representative Filemon Vela Jr. resigned, Mayra Flores won a special election to succeed him, she won the election to the United States House of Representatives in June 2022.{{cite news |last1=Svitek |first1=Patrick |title=U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela's resignation announcement sparks a sudden special-election scramble in hotly contested South Texas |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/south-texas-congressional-special-election/ |newspaper=Texas Tribune |date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324235050/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/south-texas-congressional-special-election/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Texas Republican Mayra Flores gets a boost in quest to be first U.S. congresswoman born in Mexico |date=April 11, 2022 |orig-date=April 7, 2022 |access-date=May 30, 2022 |first1=Cayla |last1=Harris |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/legislature/article/Texas-Republican-Mayra-Flores-gets-a-boost-in-17063044.php |archive-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617015826/https://www.expressnews.com/news/legislature/article/Texas-Republican-Mayra-Flores-gets-a-boost-in-17063044.php |url-status=live}} She was the first Mexican-born woman to serve in the House, but would go on to lose in the 2022 General election to Democrat Vicente Gonzalez.{{cite news |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/14/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez/ |title=Republicans flip U.S. House seat in South Texas, historically a Democratic stronghold |last=Svitek |first=Patrick |date=June 14, 2022 |newspaper=Texas Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615123920/https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/14/texas-special-election-tx-34-mayra-flores-dan-sanchez/ |archive-date=June 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Svitek |first=Patrick |date=2023-07-06 |title=National GOP recruiting Mayra Flores, ousted from her South Texas seat, to run again for Congress |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/06/mayra-flores-congress-nrcc/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}}

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File:Bernie_Moreno_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg, Ohio Republican businessman, who won the U.S. Senate race.{{cite web |date=November 7, 2024 |title=Latinos make gains in the Senate but House contests are pending|url=https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/bernie-moreno-senate-house-latinos |access-date=November 8, 2024 |work=Astrid Galván axios}}]]

Hispanic voters in the United States have traditionally leaned toward the Democratic Party, but recent elections reveal a significant shift toward the Republican Party, particularly in key battleground states. In the 2024 election, Republican candidate Donald Trump garnered {{clarify span|text=over 46% of the Hispanic vote, surpassing the 44% support|date=November 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Exit poll results 2024 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0 |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=CNN |language=en}} that George W. Bush received in 2004. This shift continues a trend that began in 2020, when Trump made notable inroads among Latino voters, especially in states like Florida and Texas, where Hispanic voters played a crucial role in his victories. Trump's support among Hispanic men has grown particularly strong, with 55% of Latino men voting for him in 2024, a significant increase from 2020. In Central California, a region with a sizable Latino population, there is also a noticeable trend toward the Republican Party. This trend allowed Trump to flip several Hispanic Counties, rural ones such as Starr and Imperial, and urban ones such as Riverside and Miami. Many Latino voters in this area feel neglected by the Democrats and increasingly courted by Republicans.

While the majority of Hispanic voters still align with the Democratic Party, the growing rightward shift is increasingly evident among certain demographic groups. Economic concerns—such as inflation, healthcare costs, and housing affordability—have become more central to many Latino voters, especially older generations, rather than the social issues like immigration or reproductive rights that were focal points in Democratic campaigns.{{cite web |date=November 6, 2024 |title='It's simple, really' - why Latinos flocked to Trump's working-class coalition |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cze3yr77j9wo |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=BBC}}

The COVID-19 pandemic caused a temporary decline in immigration to the U.S., but as restrictions have eased, immigration has surged, particularly from Latin America and parts of Asia. Currently, Chinese, Indians, and Filipinos are the three largest Asian ethnic groups immigrating to the United States. Asians in the U.S. are a highly diverse group that is growing fast.American Immigration Council [https://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asians-america-demographic-overview "Asians in America – a Demographic Overview"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321114601/https://americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/asians-america-demographic-overview |date=21 March 2019 }} (26 April 2012) Asian immigrants comprise 6% of the United States population and are estimated to rise to 10% by 2050.{{Cite journal|last1=Chen|first1=Jie|last2=Vargas-Bustamante|first2=Arturo|last3=Ortega|first3=Alexander N.|date=June 2013|title=Health Care Expenditures Among Asian American Subgroups|journal=Medical Care Research and Review |volume=70|issue=3|pages=310–329|doi=10.1177/1077558712465773|issn=1077-5587|pmc=3925768|pmid=23223329}} In 2023, border encounters reached record highs, driven by a combination of economic instability, violence, and natural disasters in countries like Venezuela, Honduras, and El Salvador. Additionally, the U.S. has seen an influx of refugees from conflict-ridden regions, including Afghanistan, Syria, and Ukraine, as ongoing wars and political instability continue to displace millions. Additionally, ideological factors played a significant role, particularly among Cuban and Puerto Rican communities, in response to the backlash following a comedian's offensive remark at a Trump rally, where Puerto Rico was described as an "island of garbage". Despite these gains for the GOP, the Democratic Party retains a substantial advantage, particularly among younger, urban, and more progressive Hispanic voters. As Professor Carl Tobias of the University of Richmond noted, Trump's hardline stance on immigration resonated more with some Latino voters than the approach advocated by Vice President Kamala Harris. This trend was especially evident in areas along the Mexican-American border and communities affected by recent immigration patterns.{{cite web |date=November 6, 2024 |title=What went wrong for Kamala Harris? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-presidential-election-results-what-went-wrong-for-kamala-harris/articleshow/115041640.cms |access-date=November 7, 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}

File:Julie Chavez Rodriguez.jpg the granddaughter of American labor leader, Cesar Chavez and American labor activist Helen Fabela Chávez became the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in 2021.]]

Hispanic Americans have made distinguished contributions to the United States in all major fields, such as politics, the military, music, film, literature, sports, business and finance, and science.{{cite book |editor1-last=Oboler |editor1-first=Suzanne |editor2-last=González |editor2-first=Deena J. |name-list-style=amp |date=2006 |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos & Latinas In The United States |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-195156003}}

In 1995, the American Latino Media Arts Award, or ALMA Award was created. It is a distinction given to Hispanic performers (actors, film and television directors and musicians) by the National Council of La Raza. The number of Latin nominees at the Grammy Awards lag behind. Talking to People magazine ahead of music's biggest night in 2021, Grammy nominees J Balvin and Ricky Martin reflected on what it is mean to continue to represent Hispanics at awards shows like the Grammys. Martin, who served as a pioneer for the "Latin crossover" in the '90s told "When you get nominated, it's the industry telling you, 'Hey Rick, you did a good job this year, congratulations.' Yes, I need that", the 49-year-old says. "When you walk into the studio, you say, 'This got a Grammy potential.' You hear the songs that do and the ones that don't. It's inevitable." Like Selena Gomez tapping into her roots, the influence Hispanics and reggaetón are having on the mainstream is undeniable.{{Cite news |url=https://people.com/music/grammys-2021-j-balvin-ricky-martin-talk-latino-representation/ |title='We've Got the Whole World Listening': J Balvin and Ricky Martin Talk Repping Latinos at Grammys |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=March 14, 2021 |newspaper=People |access-date=April 11, 2021}}

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There are many Hispanic American musicians that have made a significant impact on the music industry and achieved fame within the United States and internationally, such as Christopher Rios better known by his stage name Big Pun, Jennifer Lopez, Joan Baez, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Fergie, Pitbull, Victoria Justice, Linda Ronstadt, Zack de la Rocha, Gloria Estefan, Héctor Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Kat DeLuna, Selena, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Miguel, Carlos Santana, Christina Aguilera, Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey, Jerry García, Dave Navarro, Santaye, Elvis Crespo, Romeo Santos, Tom Araya, Sonny Sandoval, the Mars Volta, Los Lobos, Villano Antillano, South Park Mexican, Cuco, Malo, OhGeesy, Malu Trevejo, Ice Spice, Young M.A, Lloyd Banks, Exposé, Sweet Sensation, Jellybean, Immortal Technique, Brujeria, Fuerza Regida, Xavi, Aventura, Lunay, Myke Towers, Jay Wheeler, J.I., Amara La Negra, Joseline Hernandez, Lele Pons, Snow Tha Product, the Marías, Ángela Aguilar, Tego Calderón, Prince Royce, Don Omar, Eddie Palmieri, Wisin & Yandel, Melanie Martinez, Mariah Angeliq, That Mexican OT, MC Magic, TKA, La India, George Lamond, Sa-Fire, Cynthia, Lisa Lisa, Julieta Venegas, Intocable, Marisela, Pepe Aguilar, Jon Secada, Chayanne, DannyLux, Eslabon Armado, Iván Cornejo, Grupo Frontera, Yahritza y su Esencia, Herencia de Patrones, Omar Apollo, Eladio Carrión, Kid Frost, Cypress Hill, N.O.R.E., Fat Joe, Mellow Man Ace, Chicano Batman, Delinquent Habits, Lil Rob, Ritchie Valens, Ozomatli, BIA, Plan B, Chencho Corleone, Maye, Kap G, Tha Mexakinz, Brownside, Psycho Realm, A Lighter Shade of Brown, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Noriel, Baby Rasta, Brytiago, Farruko, J Álvarez, Darell, Ñengo Flow, Luis Fonsi, José Feliciano, Daddy Yankee, Lil Suzy, Judy Torres, Nayobe, Willie Colón, Jenni Rivera, Baby Bash, Frankie J, Larry Hernandez, Arcángel, De la Ghetto, Giselle Bellas, Juan Luis Guerra, Residente, Anuel AA, Ozuna, Lil Pump, 6ix9ine, Becky G, Ivy Queen, Cardi B, Kali Uchis, Bad Bunny, Rauw Alejandro, all of the members of all-female band Go Betty Go, Camila Cabello, two members of girl group Fifth Harmony: Lauren Jauregui and Ally Brooke, and two members of the nu metal band Nonpoint.

Hispanic music imported from Cuba (chachachá, mambo, and rhumba) and Mexico (ranchera and mariachi) had brief periods of popularity during the 1950s. Examples of artists include Celia Cruz, who was a Cuban American singer and the most popular Latin artist of the 20th century, gaining twenty-three gold albums during her career. Bill Clinton awarded her the National Medal of Arts in 1994.

Among the Hispanic American musicians who were pioneers in the early stages of rock and roll were Ritchie Valens, who scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba" and Herman Santiago, who wrote the lyrics to the iconic rock and roll song "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". Songs that became popular in the United States and are heard during the holiday/Christmas season include "¿Dónde Está Santa Claus?", a novelty Christmas song with 12-year-old Augie Ríos which was a hit record in 1959 and featured the Mark Jeffrey Orchestra, "Feliz Navidad" by José Feliciano; and Mariah Carey’s 1994 song "All I Want for Christmas Is You", which is the best-selling holiday song by a female artist. Miguel del Aguila wrote 116 works and has three Latin Grammy nominations.

In 1986, Billboard magazine introduced the Hot Latin Songs chart which ranks the best-performing songs on Spanish-language radio stations in the United States. Seven years later, Billboard initiated the Top Latin Albums which ranks top-selling Latin albums in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxAEAAAAMBAJ&q=intitle:billboard+%22latin+albums%22&pg=PA4 |title=Billboard's Latin Charts Switch To SoundScan |magazine=Billboard |pages=4, 71 |date=July 10, 1993 |access-date=January 19, 2013}} Similarly, the Recording Industry Association of America incorporated "Los Premios de Oro y Platino" (The Gold and Platinum Awards) to certify Latin recordings which contains at least 50% of its content recorded in Spanish.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=108&id=9E48CA58-B85D-DE3D-4947-2CB0F2194F64 |title=RIAA Launches "Los Premios de Oro y De Platino" to Recognize Top Latin Artists |website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=January 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190027/http://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=108&id=9E48CA58-B85D-DE3D-4947-2CB0F2194F64 |archive-date=October 29, 2013}}

In 1989, Univision established the Lo Nuestro Awards which became the first award ceremony to recognize the most talented performers of Spanish-language music and was considered to be the "Hispanic Grammys".{{cite web |url=http://www.terra.com/musica/noticias/historia_premios_lo_nuestro/oci75000 |title=Historia: Premios Lo Nuestro |work=Terra |publisher=Terra Networks, Inc |access-date=June 10, 2013 |date=February 6, 2006| language=es}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVISION+ANNOUNCES+THE+NOMINEES+FOR+SPANISH-LANGUAGE+MUSIC'S+HIGHEST...-a018135281 |title=Univision Announces the Nominees for Spanish-language Music's Highest Honors Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina |website=Univision |date=March 27, 1996 |access-date=June 11, 2013 |archive-date=December 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131215234124/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNIVISION+ANNOUNCES+THE+NOMINEES+FOR+SPANISH-LANGUAGE+MUSIC'S+HIGHEST...-a018135281 |url-status=dead}} In 2000, the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (LARAS) established the Latin Grammy Awards to recognize musicians who perform in Spanish and Portuguese.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-12-ss-19479-story.html |title=One Little Word, Yet It Means So Much |last=Valdes-Rodriguez |first=Alisa |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=September 12, 2000 |access-date=December 25, 2013}} Unlike The Recording Academy, LARAS extends its membership internationally to Hispanophone and Lusophone communities worldwide beyond the Americas, particularly the Iberian Peninsula.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-may-18-et-gurza18-story.html |title=Latin Grammys Struggle With Loss of Momentum |last=Garza |first=Agustin |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 18, 2002 |access-date=December 25, 2013}} Becky G won favorite female Latin artist, a brand new category at the AMAs in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/22/entertainment/2020-amas-winners-list/index.html |title=American Music Awards 2020: See who won |last=Melas |first=Chloe |work=CNN |date=November 23, 2020 |access-date=November 23, 2020}} For the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, the academy announced several changes for different categories and rules: the category Latin Pop Album has been renamed Best Latin Pop or Urban Album, while Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album has been renamed Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album.

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American cinema has often reflected and propagated negative stereotypes towards foreign nationals and ethnic minorities.{{cite journal |last=Lee |first=Kevin |date=January 2008 |title="The Little State Department": Hollywood and the MPAA's Influence on U.S. Trade Relations |url=https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1671&context=njilb |journal=Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business|volume=28|issue=2}} For example, Hispanics are largely depicted as sexualized figures such as the Hispanic macho or the Hispanic vixen, gang members, (illegal) immigrants, or entertainers.{{cite journal |last1=Davison |first1=Heather K. |last2=Burke |first2=Michael J. |year=2000 |title=Sex Discrimination in Simulated Employment Contexts: A Meta-analytic Investigation |journal=Journal of Vocational Behavior |volume=56 |issue=2 |pages=225–248 |doi=10.1006/jvbe.1999.1711}} However representation in Hollywood has enhanced in latter times of which it gained noticeable momentum in the 1990s and does not emphasize oppression, exploitation, or resistance as central themes. According to Ramírez Berg, third wave films "do not accentuate Chicano oppression or resistance; ethnicity in these films exists as one fact of several that shape characters' lives and stamps their personalities".{{cite book |title=Rethinking Chicana/o and Latina/o Popular Culture |last=Enrique Pérez |first=Daniel |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2009|isbn=978-0-230616066|pages=93–95}} Filmmakers like Edward James Olmos and Robert Rodriguez were able to represent the Hispanic American experience like none had on screen before, and actors like Hilary Swank, Michael Peña, Jordana Brewster, Ana de Armas, Jessica Alba, Natalie Martinez and Jenna Ortega have become successful. In the last decade, minority filmmakers like Chris Weitz, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and Patricia Riggen have been given applier narratives. Portrayal in films of them include La Bamba (1987), Selena (1997), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Nothing like the Holidays (2008), Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), Being the Ricardos (2001), Father of the Bride (2022) and Josefina López's Real Women Have Curves, originally a play which premiered in 1990 and was later released as a film in 2002.

Hispanics have also contributed some prominent actors and others to the film industry. Of Puerto Rican origin: José Ferrer (the first Hispanic actor to win an acting Academy Award for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac), Auliʻi Cravalho, Rita Moreno, Chita Rivera, Raul Julia, Rosie Perez, Rosario Dawson, Esai Morales, Aubrey Plaza, Jennifer Lopez, and Benicio del Toro. Of Mexican origin: Emile Kuri (the first Hispanic to win an Academy Award – for Best Production Design – in 1949), Ramon Novarro, Dolores del Río, Lupe Vélez, Anthony Quinn, Ricardo Montalbán, Katy Jurado, Adrian Grenier, Jay Hernandez, Salma Hayek, Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Tessa Thompson, and Kate del Castillo. Of Cuban origin: Cesar Romero, Mel Ferrer, Andy García, Cameron Diaz, María Conchita Alonso, William Levy, and Eva Mendes. Of Argentine origin: Fernando Lamas, Carlos Thompson, Alejandro Rey, Anya Taylor-Joy, Camila Morrone, Maia Reficco, Julie Gonzalo, Stephanie Beatriz, Alexis Bledel, Ignacio Serricchio, Lorenzo Lamas and Linda Cristal. Of Dominican origin: Maria Montez and Zoe Saldana. Of partial Spanish origin: Rita Hayworth, Martin Sheen. Other outstanding figures are: Anita Page (of Salvadoran origin), Raquel Welch (of Bolivian origin), John Leguizamo (of Colombian origin), Oscar Isaac (of Guatemalan origin), John Gavin and Pedro Pascal (both of Chilean origin).

One of the first Latina actresses to achieve success in Hollywood was Lupe Vélez. She was born in Mexico, where she started her film career before moving to the US, where she rose to fame in American and international cinema. During the early sound era of film, Vélez became well known for her roles and lively personality. In 1927, she began her career in silent cinema.{{Cite journal |last=Alcala |first=Janet C. |date=2008-12-16 |title=The Silent Films of Lupe Velez |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3hk3554g |language=en}} The Gaucho, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by F. Richard Jones in 1928, is one of her well-known films. Being a Latina actress in Hollywood in the early 1900s, she was often cast in roles that reflected the image of Latina women as hostile and seductive. Hollywood's perception of Latinx identities frequently impacted these roles, and Vélez's portrayals were typically limited to these stereotypical representations of Latina women. Despite her adjustment and assimilation to Hollywood's expectations, Vélez was proud of her Mexican background.

In stand-up comedy, Cristela Alonzo, Anjelah Johnson, Paul Rodríguez, Greg Giraldo, Cheech Marin, George Lopez, Freddie Prinze, Jade Esteban Estrada, Carlos Mencia, John Mendoza, Gabriel Iglesias and others are prominent.

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Some of the Hispanic actors who achieved notable success in U.S. television include Desi Arnaz, Lynda Carter, Jimmy Smits, Charo, Jencarlos Canela, Christian Serratos, Carlos Pena Jr., Eva Longoria, Sofía Vergara, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Jacob Vargas, America Ferrera, Benjamin Bratt, Ricardo Montalbán, Hector Elizondo, Mario Lopez, America Ferrera, Karla Souza, Diego Boneta, Erik Estrada, Cote de Pablo, Freddie Prinze, Lauren Vélez, Isabella Gomez, Justina Machado, Tony Plana, Stacey Dash, and Charlie Sheen. Kenny Ortega is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and choreographer who has choreographed many major television events such as Super Bowl XXX, the 72nd Academy Awards and Michael Jackson's memorial service.

Hispanics are underrepresented in U.S. television, radio, and film. This is combatted by organizations such as the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA), founded in 1975; and National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC), founded in 1986.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhmc.org/about/ |title=About Us |website=National Hispanic Media Coalition |access-date=2008-06-12}} Together with numerous Hispanic civil rights organizations, the NHMC led a "brownout" of the national television networks in 1999, after discovering that there were no Hispanic on any of their new prime time series that year.{{cite web |url=http://aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=145 |title=Politics and Culture: Making a Difference |last=Noriega |first=Chon |access-date=2008-06-12 |website=Connecticut College |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210201128/http://aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=145 |archive-date=December 10, 2008}} This resulted in the signing of historic diversity agreements with ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC that have since increased the hiring of Hispanic talent and other staff in all of the networks.

Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB) funds programs of educational and cultural significance to Hispanic Americans. These programs are distributed to various public television stations throughout the United States.

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards was criticized by Hispanics; there were no major nominations for Hispanic performers, despite the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences publicizing their improved diversity in 2020. While there was a record number of Black nominees, there was only one individual Hispanic nomination. Hispanic representation groups said the greater diversity referred only to more African American nominees.{{cite news |title=2020 Emmy Nominations Criticized by Hispanic Caucus for 'Erasure' of Latino Actors |url=https://people.com/tv/hispanic-caucus-calls-out-emmy-awards-not-a-single-latino-or-latina-was-nominated-this-year/ |access-date=September 21, 2020 |website=People}}{{cite web |date=July 28, 2020 |title=Emmys 2020 nominees are more diverse, but Latino representation still abysmal |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-07-28/emmys-2020-nominations-diversity-analysis |access-date=September 21, 2020 |website=Los Angeles Times}} When the Los Angeles Times reported the criticism using the term "Black", it was itself criticized for erasing Afro-Hispanics, a discussion that then prompted more investigation into this under-represented minority ethnic group in Hollywood.{{cite magazine |title=The Afro-Latino Actors Fighting Erasure in Hollywood |url=https://time.com/5889072/afro-latino-actors-roundtable/ |access-date=September 21, 2020|magazine=Time}} John Leguizamo boycotted the Emmys because of its lack of Hispanic nominees.{{cite web |date=September 18, 2020 |title=John Leguizamo will boycott the Emmys: 'If you don't have Latin people, there's no reason for me to see it' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/john-leguizamo-emmys-2020-boycott-latinx-representation-b487903.html |access-date=September 21, 2020 |website=The Independent}}

In the world of fashion, notable Hispanic designers include Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Narciso Rodriguez, Manuel Cuevas, Maria Cornejo,{{Cite magazine |last1=Samaha |first1=Barry |last2=Betancourt |first2=Bianca |date=2021-10-13 |title=14 Latinx Designers on How Their Culture Informs Their Work |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/designers/g34351282/latin-hispanic-fashion-designers/ |access-date=2022-04-27 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |language=en-US}} among others. Christy Turlington, Lais Ribeiro, Adriana Lima, Gisele Bündchen and Lea T achieved international fame as models.

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Notable Hispanic artists include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Judith Baca, Carmen Herrera, Patssi Valdez, Gronk, Luis Jiménez, Félix González-Torres, Ana Mendieta, Ester Hernandez, Joe Shannon, Richard Serra, Abelardo Morell, Bill Melendez, María Magdalena Campos Pons, Sandra Ramos, Myrna Báez, Soraida Martinez and Yolanda Gonzalez.

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The total number of Hispanic-owned businesses in 2002 was 1.6 million, having grown at triple the national rate for the preceding five years.

Hispanic business leaders include Cuban immigrant Roberto Goizueta, who rose to head of The Coca-Cola Company.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/b3573108.htm |title=I'd Like The World To Buy A Coke |date=April 13, 1998 |magazine=Businessweek |access-date=2008-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517014714/http://www.businessweek.com/1998/15/b3573108.htm |archive-date=2008-05-17}} Advertising Mexican-American magnate Arte Moreno became the first Hispanic to own a major league team in the United States when he purchased the Los Angeles Angels baseball club.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093635,00.html |title=Arturo Moreno: The Major League Player |last=Gregory |first=Sean |date=August 13, 2005 |magazine=Time |access-date=2008-12-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050908173148/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1093635,00.html |archive-date=September 8, 2005}} Also a major sports team owner is Mexican-American Linda G. Alvarado, president and CEO of Alvarado Construction, Inc. and co-owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.

There are several Hispanics on the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. Alejandro Santo Domingo and his brother Andres Santo Domingo inherited their fathers stake in SABMiller, now merged with Anheuser-Busch InBev. The brothers are ranked No. 132 and are each worth $4.8bn.{{cite web |title=Forbes 400 |url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/5/#version:static |work=Forbes |date=November 14, 2017}} Jorge Perez founded and runs The Related Group. He built his career developing and operating low-income multifamily apartments across Miami.{{cite web |url=https://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/king-of-the-developers/ |title=Related's Jorge Pérez puts his stamp on the skyline |last=Piore |first=Adam |date=May 1, 2013 |website=The Real Deal |access-date=January 15, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/article72068582.html |title=Jorge Pérez – building a cultural legacy |last=Levin |first=Jordan |date=2016-04-15 |newspaper=Miami Herald |access-date=2017-10-01}} He is ranked No. 264 and is worth $3bn.

The largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States is Goya Foods, because of World War II hero Joseph A. Unanue, the son of the company's founders.{{cite web |url=http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/bios/bios_Unanue.htm |title=Joseph Unanue |website=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=2008-12-13 |archive-date=January 22, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122052442/http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/bios/bios_Unanue.htm |url-status=dead}} Angel Ramos was the founder of Telemundo, Puerto Rico's first television station{{cite web |url=http://www.manati.info/biografias/ramos/angel_ramos.htm |title=Biografía de Ángel Ramos Torres |website=Manati.info |language=es |access-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024004226/http://www.manati.info/biografias/ramos/angel_ramos.htm |archive-date=2007-10-24}} and now the second largest Spanish-language television network in the United States, with an average viewership over one million in primetime. Samuel A. Ramirez Sr. made Wall Street history by becoming the first Hispanic to launch a successful investment banking firm, Ramirez & Co.{{cite web |url=http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |title=Samuel A. Ramirez & Company, Inc. Introduces The Ramirez Hispanic Index Equally-Weighted Portfolio |access-date=2009-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012115247/http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2004/2/12/samuel_a_ramirez.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-10-12}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf |title=Making Wall Street History |access-date=2009-04-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302004213/http://www.ramirezco.com/site/News/HispanicTrendsArticle.pdf |archive-date=March 2, 2006}} (Scan of cover story in Hispanic Trends, issue of December 2005 – January 2006.) Nina Tassler is president of CBS Entertainment since September 2004. She is the highest-profile Hispanic in network television and one of the few executives who has the power to approve the airing or renewal of series.

Since 2021, magazine Hispanic Executive has released a list of 30 under 30 executives in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=https://hispanicexecutive.com/ngc-30under30/ |title=30 Under 30 |magazine=Hispanic Executive}} Members include financial analyst Stephanie Nuesi, fashion entrepreneur Zino Haro, and Obama scholar Josue de Paz.{{cite web |url=https://www.firsttechfund.com/press/ceo-at-obama-foundation-scholars |title=First Tech Fund CEO, Josue De Paz Selected as Class of 2022-2023 Obama Foundation Scholar |date=30 August 2022 |website=First Tech Fund}}

{{See also|List of Hispanic Americans in the United States Congress}}

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As of 2007, there were more than five thousand elected officeholders in the United States who were of Hispanic origin.{{citation |url=http://www.naleo.org/directory.html |title=Directory of Latino Elected Officials |website=NALEO |access-date=2010-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531084712/http://www.naleo.org/directory.html |archive-date=May 31, 2009}}

In the House of Representatives, Hispanic representatives have included Ladislas Lazaro, Antonio M. Fernández, Henry B. Gonzalez, Kika de la Garza, Herman Badillo, Romualdo Pacheco and Manuel Lujan Jr., out of almost two dozen former representatives. Current representatives include Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jose E. Serrano, Luis Gutiérrez, Nydia Velázquez, Xavier Becerra, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Loretta Sanchez, Rubén Hinojosa, Mario Díaz-Balart, Raul Grijalva, Ben R. Lujan, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Raul Labrador and Alex Mooney—in all, they number thirty. Former senators are Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, Mel Martinez, Dennis Chavez, Joseph Montoya and Ken Salazar. As of January 2011, the U.S. Senate includes Hispanic members Bob Menendez, a Democrat and Republicans Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, all Cuban Americans.{{Cite web |title=Latino clout in Congress appears to stay consistent |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/7371746.html |access-date=March 5, 2015 |website=Houston Chronicle |date=January 8, 2011}}

Numerous Hispanics hold elective and appointed office in state and local government throughout the United States.{{Cite web |url=http://www.naleo.org/history.html |title=History |website=NALEO |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214074723/http://www.naleo.org/history.html |archive-date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=2010-01-27}} Current Hispanic Governors include Republican Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Republican New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez; upon taking office in 2011, Martinez became the first Hispanic woman governor in the history of the United States.{{Cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/latina-governors-historic-inauguration-gets-little-national-news-coverage/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114001747/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/11/latina-governors-historic-inauguration-gets-little-national-news-coverage/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2011 |title=First Latina Governor's Historic Inauguration Gets Little National News Coverage |date=2011-01-11 |work=Fox News}} Former Hispanic governors include Democrats Jerry Apodaca, Raul Hector Castro, and Bill Richardson, as well as Republicans Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo, Romualdo Pacheco and Bob Martinez.

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Since 1988,{{Cite web |title=Lauro F. Cavazos: An Inventory of His Papers 1943–1991 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00035/tsw-00035.html |access-date=March 5, 2015 |website=University of Texas}} when Ronald Reagan appointed Lauro Cavazos the Secretary of Education, the first Hispanic United States Cabinet member, Hispanic Americans have had an increasing presence in presidential administrations. Hispanics serving in subsequent cabinets include Ken Salazar, former Secretary of the Interior; Hilda Solis, former United States Secretary of Labor; Alberto Gonzales, former United States Attorney General; Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Federico Peña, former Secretary of Energy; Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Manuel Lujan Jr., former Secretary of the Interior; and Bill Richardson, former Secretary of Energy and Ambassador to the United Nations. Rosa Rios is the current US Treasurer, including the latest three, were Hispanic women.

In 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Supreme Court Associate Justice of Hispanic origin.

In 2022, Robert Santos became the first Director of the U.S. Census Bureau of Hispanic origin (Mexican American).{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Hansi Lo |date=November 4, 2021 |title=The Senate has confirmed the 1st Latino to lead the U.S. census, Robert Santos |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/04/1014670567/first-latino-census-director-robert-santos-person-of-color |access-date=October 25, 2023}}

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), founded in December 1976, and the Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC), founded on March 19, 2003, are two organizations that promote policy of importance to Americans of Hispanic descent. They are divided into the two major American political parties: The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is composed entirely of Democratic representatives, whereas the Congressional Hispanic Conference is composed entirely of Republican representatives.

Groups like the United States Hispanic Leadership Institute (USHLI) work to achieve the promises and principles of the United States by "promoting education, research, and leadership development, and empowering Hispanics and similarly disenfranchised groups by maximizing their civic awareness, engagement, and participation".{{Cite web |title=Mission and History |url=https://www.ushli.org/mission-history/ |website=USHLI|date=August 30, 2018 }}

{{See also|Category:Hispanic and Latino American writers|National Association of Hispanic Journalists}}

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• Julia Álvarez (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents)
• Rudolfo Anaya (Bless Me, Ultima and Heart of Aztlan)
• Marie Arana (American Chica, Bolívar: American Liberator, and Silver, Sword, and Stone
• Sandra Cisneros (The House on Mango Street and Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories)
• Junot Díaz (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao)
• Cecilia Domeyko (Sacrifice on the Border)
• Ernest Fenollosa (art historian, Masters of Ukiyoe)
• Rigoberto González (Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa)
• Oscar Hijuelos (The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love)
• Jorge Majfud (Crisis and La frontera salvaje{{cite web |url=https://pronewsreport.com/2021/06/02/the-wild-frontier-by-jorge-majfud-shares-tales-from-the-remarkable-past |title="The Wild Frontier' by Jorge Majfud Shares Tales From The Remarkable Past" |date=June 2, 2021 |website=Pro News Report}}).
• Micol Ostow (Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane and Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa){{cite web |url=http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/children/festival/2007AuthorsAttending.htm |title=Princeton's Children's Book Festival |work=Princeton Library |date=September 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226235452/http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/children/festival/2007AuthorsAttending.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2010}}
• Benito Pastoriza Iyodo (A Matter of Men and September Elegies)
• Alberto Alvaro Rios (Capirotada, Elk Heads on the Wall, and The Iguana Killer)
• Tomas Rivera (...And the Earth did Not Devour Him)
• Richard Rodríguez (Hunger of Memory)
• George Santayana (novelist and philosopher: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it")
• Sergio Troncoso (From This Wicked Patch of Dust and The Last Tortilla and Other Stories)
• Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (Haters)
• Victor Villaseñor (Rain of Gold)
• Oscar Zeta Acosta (The Revolt of the Cockroach People)

• Cecilia Vega American journalist, currently serving as chief White House correspondent for ABC News.
• Jorge Ramos has won eight Emmy Awards and the Maria Moors Cabot Award for excellence in journalism. In 2015, Ramos was one of five selected as Time magazine's World's Most Influential People.
• José Díaz-Balart is currently the anchor for Noticias Telemundo, as well as anchor of NBC Nightly News on Saturdays.
• Paola Ramos, correspondent for Vice and is a contributor to Telemundo and MSNBC.
• Ana Cabrera currently works as a television news anchor for CNN in Manhattan.
• Natalie Morales is the Today Show West Coast anchor and appears on other programs including Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.
• María Elena Salinas, CBS News contributor called the "Voice of Hispanic America" by The New York Times
• Morgan Radford, reporter employed by NBC News and MSNBC, was a production assistant for ESPN.
• Geraldo Rivera has won a Peabody Award and appears regularly on Fox News programs such as The Five.
• John Quiñones, co-anchor of the ABC News program, Primetime and now hosts What Would You Do?
• Rubén Salazar, reporter for the Los Angeles Times and news director for KMEX, which was a Spanish language station.
• Maria Elvira Salazar, journalist and broadcast television anchor who worked for Telemundo, CNN en Español and Noticiero Univision.
• Michele Ruiz, former Los Angeles news anchor for KNBC-TV.
• Giselle Fernández, reporting and guest anchoring for CBS Early Show, CBS Evening News, NBC Today, NBC Nightly News; regular host for Access Hollywood.
• Elizabeth Pérez, television journalist for CNN en Español.

• Mercedes Schlapp, American lobbyist and columnist for Fox News, including U.S. News & World Report and The Washington Times.
• Geovanny Vicente, political strategist, international consultant and columnist who writes for CNN.

{{See also|Spain in the American Revolutionary War|Hispanics in the American Civil War|Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps|Hispanic Americans in World War II}}

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Hispanics have participated in the military of the United States and in every major military conflict from the American Revolution onward.{{cite web |url=http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 |title=Operation Tribute to Freedom: Hispanic Heritage Month |date=March 25, 2007 |website=U.S. Army |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325083030/http://www4.army.mil/otf/speech.php?story_id_key=9575 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2007}}{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/~pryor/newsroom/details.cfm?id=263773& |title=Senator Mark Pryor Press Releases |date=March 8, 2007 |website=U.S. Senate |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308212648/https://www.senate.gov/~pryor/newsroom/details.cfm?id=263773& |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 8, 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/memorial.html |title=The Hispanic Experience – Contributions to America's Defense |website=Houston Culture.org |access-date=January 16, 2018}} 11% to 13% military personnel now are Hispanics and they have been deployed in the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and U.S. military missions and bases elsewhere.{{cite web |url=http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/01/u-s-military-a-growing-latino-army/ |title=U.S. military, a growing Latino army |date=January 1, 2013 |website=NBC Latino.com |access-date=January 16, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125122823/http://nbclatino.com/2013/01/01/u-s-military-a-growing-latino-army/ |url-status=dead}} Hispanics have not only distinguished themselves in the battlefields but also reached the high echelons of the military, serving their country in sensitive leadership positions on domestic and foreign posts. Up to now, 43 Hispanics have been awarded the nation's highest military distinction, the Medal of Honor (also known as the Congressional Medal of Honor). The following is a list of some notable Hispanics in the military:

• Bernardo de Gálvez (1746–1786) – Spanish military leader and colonial administrator who aided the American Thirteen Colonies in their quest for independence and led Spanish forces against Britain in the Revolutionary War; since 2014, a posthumous honorary citizen of the United States.
• Lieutenant Jorge Farragut Mesquida (1755–1817) – participated in the American Revolution as a lieutenant in the South Carolina Navy.

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• Admiral David Farragut – promoted to vice admiral on December 21, 1864, and to full admiral on July 25, 1866, after the war, thereby becoming the first person to be named full admiral in the Navy's history.{{cite book |last=Farragut |first=Loyall |title=The life of David Glasgow Farragut, first admiral of the United States navy: embodying his journal and letters |ref=Farragut79 |publisher=D. Appleton & Company |location=New York City |year=1879 |page=3}}{{cite news |url=http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm |title=Admiral David G. Farragut: Hero of the Union Navy |last=Hickman |first=Kennedy |ref=Hickman |page=216 |website=About.com |access-date=November 11, 2010 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115426/http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/farragut.htm |url-status=dead}}
• Rear Admiral Cipriano Andrade – Mexican Navy rear admiral who fought for the Union. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
• Colonel Ambrosio José Gonzales – Cuban officer active during the bombardment of Fort Sumter; because of his actions, was appointed Colonel of artillery and assigned to duty as Chief of Artillery in the department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
• Brigadier General Diego Archuleta (1814–1884) – member of the Mexican Army who fought against the United States in the Mexican–American War. During the American Civil War, he joined the Union Army (US Army) and became the first Hispanic to reach the military rank of brigadier general. He commanded The First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of Valverde. He was later appointed an Indian (Native Americans) Agent by Abraham Lincoln.{{cite book |last=Kanellos |first=Nicolás |author-link=Nicolás Kanellos |date=1997 |title=Hispanic Firsts: 500 Years of Extraordinary Achievement |location=Canton, Michigan |publisher=Visible Ink Press |pages=210–211 |isbn=0-7876-0519-0}}
• Colonel Carlos de la Mesa – grandfather of Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division in North Africa and Sicily, and later the commander of the 104th Infantry Division during World War II. Colonel Carlos de la Mesa was a Spanish national who fought at Gettysburg for the Union Army in the Spanish Company of the "Garibaldi Guard" of the 39th New York State Volunteers.{{cite web |url=http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/prominent_hispanics.html |title=Prominent Figures in Hispanic History |website=Arlington Cemetery |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619040307/http://arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/prominent_hispanics.html |archive-date=June 19, 2010}}
• Colonel Federico Fernández Cavada – commanded the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry regiment when it took the field in the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg.{{cite book |last=Hernandez |first=Roger E. |date=2008 |title=The Civil War, 1840s–1890s |location=New York |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |isbn=978-0-7614-2939-5}}
• Colonel Miguel E. Pino – commanded the 2nd Regiment of New Mexico Volunteers, which fought at the Battle of Valverde in February and the Battle of Glorieta Pass and helped defeat the attempted invasion of New Mexico by the Confederate Army.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/navco/pages/ssp/reference/hispanics-def.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615134656/https://www.navy.mil/navco/pages/ssp/reference/hispanics-def.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2007 |title=Hispanics in America's Defense |work=Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy |access-date=January 10, 2016}}
• Colonel Santos Benavides – commanded his own regiment, the "Benavides Regiment"; highest ranking Mexican-American in the Confederate Army.
• Major Salvador Vallejo – officer in one of the California units that served with the Union Army in the West.
• Captain Adolfo Fernández Cavada – served in the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg with his brother, Colonel Federico Fernandez Cavada; served with distinction in the Army of the Potomac from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg; "special aide-de-camp" to General Andrew A. Humphreys.{{cite web |url=http://www.pacivilwar150.com/people/immigrants/Story.aspx?id=30 |title=Civil War Stories – Immigrants |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150106/http://www.pacivilwar150.com/people/immigrants/Story.aspx?id=30 |archive-date=April 13, 2014}}
• Captain Rafael Chacón – Mexican American leader of the Union New Mexico Volunteers.{{cite web |last1=Hannigan |first1=Isabel |title='Overrun All This Country...' Two New Mexican Lives Through the Nineteenth Century |url=https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=oberlin1525431471822028&disposition=inline |website=Oberlin College |access-date=3 September 2020 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009192054/https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=oberlin1525431471822028&disposition=inline |url-status=dead }}
• Captain Roman Anthony Baca – member of the Union forces in the New Mexico Volunteers; spy for the Union Army in Texas.
• Lieutenant Augusto Rodriguez – Puerto Rican native; officer in the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, of the Union Army; served in the defenses of Washington, D.C., and led his men in the Battles of Fredericksburg and Wyse Fork.{{cite book |last1=Whalen |first1=Carmen Teresa |last2=Vázquez-Hernandez |first2=Víctor |name-list-style=amp |date=2008 |title=The Puerto Rican Diaspora: Historical Perspectives |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Temple University Press |page=176 |isbn=978-1-59213-413-7}}
• Lola Sánchez – Cuban-born woman who became a Confederate spy; helped the Confederates obtain a victory against the Union forces in the "Battle of Horse Landing".
• Loreta Janeta Velázquez, also known as "Lieutenant Harry Buford" – Cuban woman who donned Confederate garb and served as a Confederate officer and spy during the American Civil War.

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• Major General Luis R. Esteves, United States Army – in 1915, became the first Hispanic to graduate from the United States Military Academy ("West Point"); organized the Puerto Rican National Guard.
• Private Marcelino Serna – undocumented Mexican immigrant who joined the United States Army and became the most decorated soldier from Texas in World War I; first Hispanic to be awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.

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• Lieutenant General Pedro del Valle – first Hispanic to reach the rank of lieutenant general; played an instrumental role in the seizure of Guadalcanal and Okinawa as commanding general of the U.S. 1st Marine Division during World War II.
• Lieutenant General Elwood R. Quesada (1904–1993) – commanding general of the 9th Fighter Command, where he established advanced headquarters on the Normandy beachhead on D-Day plus one, and directed his planes in aerial cover and air support for the Allied invasion of the European continent during World War II. He was the foremost proponent of "the inherent flexibility of air power", a principle he helped prove during the war.
• Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr. (1888–1969) – commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division in North Africa and Sicily during World War II; commander of the 104th Infantry Division.
• Colonel Virgil R. Miller – regimental commander of the 442d Regimental Combat Team, a unit composed of "Nisei" (second generation Americans of Japanese descent), during World War II; led the 442nd in its rescue of the Lost Texas Battalion of the 36th Infantry Division, in the forests of the Vosges Mountains in northeastern France.{{Cite magazine |url=http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/assembly/vol28no2.pdf |title=Virgil Rasmuss Miller |magazine=Assembly |date=Summer 1969 |volume=XXVIII |number=2 |pages=132–133 |publisher=Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116193808/http://digital-library.usma.edu/libmedia/archives/assembly/vol28no2.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil/cmh/topics/apam/Patriots+Under+Fire.htm |title=Patriots under Fire: Japanese Americans in World War II |access-date=June 1, 2016}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{dead link|date=January 2016}}
• Captain Marion Frederic Ramírez de Arellano (1913–1980) – served in World War II; first Hispanic submarine commander.
• First Lieutenant Oscar Francis Perdomo – of the 464th Fighter Squadron, 507th Fighter Group; the last "Ace in a Day" for the United States in World War II.
• CWO2 Joseph B. Aviles Sr. – member of the United States Coast Guard; first Hispanic American to be promoted to chief petty officer; received a wartime promotion to chief warrant officer (November 27, 1944), thus becoming the first Hispanic American to reach that level as well.{{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/uscghist/HispanicAmericansChronology.asp |title=Hispanic-Americans and the U.S. Coast Guard: A Historical Chronology |website=U.S. Coast Guard |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805221243/http://www.uscg.mil/history/uscghist/HispanicAmericansChronology.asp |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}
• Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero – most decorated Hispanic soldier in the European Theatre of World War II.
• PFC Guy Gabaldon, United States Marine Corps – captured over a thousand prisoners during the World War II Battle of Saipan.
• Tech4 Carmen Contreras-Bozak – first Hispanic woman to serve in the United States Women's Army Corps, where she served as an interpreter and in numerous administrative positions.{{cite web |first=Katie |last=Kennon |url=http://www.utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/narratives/07Bozak_Carmen.html |title=US Latinos and Latinas and WWII: Young woman's life defined by service in Women's Army Corp |website=University of Texas |date=February 17, 1996 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217080450/http://utopia.utexas.edu/explore/latino/narratives/07Bozak_Carmen.html |archive-date=February 17, 2006}}

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• Major General Salvador E. Felices, United States Air Force – flew in 19 combat missions over North Korea during the Korean War in 1953. In 1957, he participated in "Operation Power Flite", a historic project that was given to the Fifteenth Air Force by the Strategic Air Command headquarters. Operation Power Flite was the first around the world non-stop flight by an all-jet aircraft.
• First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez – the only Hispanic graduate of the United States Naval Academy ("Annapolis") to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
• Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena – member of the 65th Infantry Regiment, an all-Puerto Rican regiment also known as "The Borinqueneers", during World War II and the Korean War; most decorated Puerto Rican soldier in history.{{cite web |url=http://mervino.com/window/IBB/map65th.html |title=The 65th Infantry Regiment on Kelly in September 1952 |website=mervino.com |access-date=October 10, 2006}}

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• Admiral Horacio Rivero, Jr. – second Hispanic four-star admiral; commander of the American fleet sent by President John F. Kennedy to set up a quarantine (blockade) of the Soviet ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

• Sergeant First Class Jorge Otero Barreto a.k.a. "The Puerto Rican Rambo"– the most decorated Hispanic American soldier in the Vietnam War.{{cite web |url=http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml;jsessionid=VC1MTHIRJBNKCCWIABJSFFQKZAADWIWC?cid=1688017 |title=Sargento Jorge Otero Barreto |work=Univision.com |language=es |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606063218/http://www.univision.com/content/content.jhtml%3Bjsessionid%3DVC1MTHIRJBNKCCWIABJSFFQKZAADWIWC?cid=1688017 |archive-date=June 6, 2011}}

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• Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez – top commander of the Coalition forces during the first year of the occupation of Iraq, 2003–2004, during the Iraq War.
• Lieutenant General Edward D. Baca – in 1994, became the first Hispanic Chief of the National Guard Bureau.
• Vice Admiral Antonia Novello, M.D., Public Health Service Commissioned Corps – in 1990, became the first Hispanic (and first female) U.S. Surgeon General.
• Vice Admiral Richard Carmona, M.D., Public Health Service Commissioned Corps – served as the 17th Surgeon General of the United States, under President George W. Bush
• Brigadier General Joseph V. Medina, USMC – made history by becoming the first Marine Corps officer to take command of a naval flotilla.
• Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago – first person of Hispanic descent to be promoted to rear admiral (lower half) in the United States Coast Guard.{{cite web |title=Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Coast Guard |url=https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Notable-People/Minorities/Hispanic-Americans/ |website=U.S. Coast Guard}}
• Captain Linda Garcia Cubero, United States Air Force – in 1980, became the first Hispanic woman graduate of the United States Air Force.
• Major General Erneido Oliva – deputy commanding general of the D.C. National Guard.
• Brigadier General Carmelita Vigil-Schimmenti, United States Air Force – in 1985 became the first Hispanic female to attain the rank of brigadier general in the Air Force.{{cite web |url=http://www.dm.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069600 |title=Hispanic Military History |website=U.S Air Force |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511083742/http://www.dm.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123069600 |archive-date=May 11, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.cabq.gov/humanrights/public-information-and-education/diversity-booklets/hispanic-heritage-in-new-mexico/notable-hispanics |title=Notable Hispanics |website=City of Albuquerque |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009183321/http://www.cabq.gov/humanrights/public-information-and-education/diversity-booklets/hispanic-heritage-in-new-mexico/notable-hispanics |archive-date=October 9, 2014}}
• Brigadier General Angela Salinas – on August 2, 2006, became the first Hispanic female to obtain a general rank in the Marines.{{cite web |url=https://web.mcrc.usmc.mil/G3/Officer/mc03001.html |title=Enlisted Commissioning Program (ECP) |website=United States Marine Corps |access-date=2006-08-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704035136/https://web.mcrc.usmc.mil/G3/Officer/mc03001.html |archive-date=2007-07-04}}
• Chief Master Sergeant Ramón Colón-López – pararescueman; in 2007, was the only Hispanic among the first six airmen to be awarded the newly created Air Force Combat Action Medal.
• Specialist Hilda Clayton (1991–2013) – combat photographer with 55th Signal Company who captured the explosion that killed her and four Afghan soldiers.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-army-specialist-hilda-clayton-takes-image-her-own-death-military-exercise/ |title=Army combat photographer's last picture is of her own death |last=Martin |first=David |date=May 3, 2017 |work=CBS News}}

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The following 43 Hispanics were awarded the Medal of Honor:

Philip Bazaar, Joseph H. De Castro, John Ortega, France Silva, David B. Barkley, Lucian Adams, Rudolph B. Davila, Marcario Garcia, Harold Gonsalves, David M. Gonzales, Silvestre S. Herrera, Jose M. Lopez, Joe P. Martinez, Manuel Perez Jr., Cleto L. Rodriguez, Alejandro R. Ruiz, Jose F. Valdez, Ysmael R. Villegas, Fernando Luis García, Edward Gomez, Ambrosio Guillen, Rodolfo P. Hernandez, Baldomero Lopez, Benito Martinez, Eugene Arnold Obregon, Joseph C. Rodriguez, John P. Baca, Roy P. Benavidez, Emilio A. De La Garza, Ralph E. Dias, Daniel Fernandez, Alfredo Cantu "Freddy" Gonzalez, Jose Francisco Jimenez, Miguel Keith, Carlos James Lozada, Alfred V. Rascon, Louis R. Rocco, Euripides Rubio, Hector Santiago-Colon, Elmelindo Rodrigues Smith, Jay R. Vargas, Humbert Roque Versace and Maximo Yabes.

• In the spy arena, José Rodríguez, a native of Puerto Rico, was the deputy director of operations and subsequently Director of the National Clandestine Service (D/NCS), two senior positions in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), between 2004 and 2007.{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2007/hpsci-chairman-reyes-honors-d-ncs-jose-rodriguez.html |title=HPSCI Chairman Reyes Honors D/NCS Jose Rodriguez |website=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=2010-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109060304/https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-archive-2007/hpsci-chairman-reyes-honors-d-ncs-jose-rodriguez.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 9, 2008}}
• Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria (1903–1980), a.k.a. La Tía (The Aunt), was the first Cuban-born female officer in the United States Army. She served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and in the United States Army during the Korean War, and was recalled into service during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1988, she was posthumously inducted into the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://huachuca-www.army.mil/sites/History/PDFS/womenmi.pdf |title=Diversity, the MI Tradition |website=Fort Huachuca, United States Army |access-date=October 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425092626/http://huachuca-www.army.mil/sites/History/PDFS/womenmi.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2012}}

{{See also|Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers}}

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Among Hispanic Americans who have excelled in science are Luis Walter Álvarez, Nobel Prize–winning physicist of Spanish descent, and his son Walter Alvarez, a geologist. They first proposed that an asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mario J. Molina won the Nobel Prize in chemistry and currently works in the chemistry department at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Victor Manuel Blanco is an astronomer who in 1959 discovered "Blanco 1", a galactic cluster.{{cite web |url=http://www.surastronomico.com/exotico_cielo_profundo.php?id=9 |title=Exótico Cielo Profundo |website=SurAstronomico.com |language=es |access-date=March 5, 2015}} F. J. Duarte is a laser physicist and author; he received the Engineering Excellence Award from the prestigious Optical Society of America for the invention of the N-slit laser interferometer.{{cite journal |title=News |date=October 1995 |journal=Optics & Photonics News |volume=6 |number=10 |page=12}} Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa is the director of the Pituitary Surgery Program at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Physicist Albert Baez made important contributions to the early development of X-ray microscopes and later X-ray telescopes. His nephew John Carlos Baez is also a noted mathematical physicist. Francisco J. Ayala is a biologist and philosopher, former president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been awarded the National Medal of Science and the Templeton Prize. Peruvian-American biophysicist Carlos Bustamante has been named a Searle Scholar and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow. Luis von Ahn is one of the pioneers of crowdsourcing and the founder of the companies reCAPTCHA and Duolingo. Colombian-American Ana Maria Rey received a MacArthur Fellowship for her work in atomic physics in 2013.

Dr. Fernando E. Rodríguez Vargas discovered the bacteria that cause dental cavity. Dr. Gualberto Ruaño is a biotechnology pioneer in the field of personalized medicine and the inventor of molecular diagnostic systems, Coupled Amplification and Sequencing (CAS) System, used worldwide for the management of viral diseases.{{cite web |url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news11113.html |title=Genetic Roadmap Targets Drug Therapies |last=Seay |first=Gregory |date=November 30, 2009 |website=Hartford Business Review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901033005/http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news11113.html |archive-date=2010-09-01}} Fermín Tangüis was an agriculturist and scientist who developed the Tangüis Cotton in Peru and saved that nation's cotton industry.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ftanguis.edu.pe/modelodevida.html |title=Un Modelo de Vida |trans-title=A role model in his lifetime |website=Colegio Fermín Tangüis |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512063013/http://www.ftanguis.edu.pe/modelodevida.html |archive-date=May 12, 2008}} Severo Ochoa, born in Spain, was a co-winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Dr. Sarah Stewart, a Mexican-American microbiologist, is credited with the discovery of the Polyomavirus and successfully demonstrating that cancer causing viruses could be transmitted from animal to animal. Mexican-American psychiatrist Dr. Nora Volkow, whose brain imaging studies helped characterize the mechanisms of drug addiction, is the current director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías, an early advocate for women's reproductive rights, helped drive and draft U.S. federal sterilization guidelines in 1979. She was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Bill Clinton, and was the first Hispanic president of the American Public Health Association.

File:Changdiaz.jpg NASA astronaut and physicist known for his expertise in plasma propulsion systems.]]

Some Hispanics have made their names in astronautics, including several NASA astronauts:{{cite web |url=http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html |title=Hispanic Astronauts/Astronautas Hispanos |website=NASA |access-date=2010-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010711202026/http://oeop.larc.nasa.gov/hep/hep-astronauts.html |archive-date=2001-07-11}} Franklin Chang-Diaz, the first Hispanic NASA astronaut, is co-recordholder for the most flights in outer space, and is the leading researcher on the plasma engine for rockets; France A. Córdova, former NASA chief scientist; Juan R. Cruz, NASA aerospace engineer; Lieutenant Carlos I. Noriega, NASA mission specialist and computer scientist; Dr. Orlando Figueroa, mechanical engineer and director of Mars exploration in NASA; Amri Hernández-Pellerano, engineer who designs, builds and tests the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power to the different loads or users inside various spacecraft at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Olga D. González-Sanabria won an R&D 100 Award for her role in the development of the "Long Cycle-Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries" which help enable the International Space Station power system. Mercedes Reaves, research engineer and scientist who is responsible for the design of a viable full-scale solar sail and the development and testing of a scale model solar sail at NASA Langley Research Center. Dr. Pedro Rodríguez, inventor and mechanical engineer who is the director of a test laboratory at NASA and of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis. Dr. Felix Soto Toro, electrical engineer and astronaut applicant who developed the Advanced Payload Transfer Measurement System (ASPTMS) (Electronic 3D measuring system); Ellen Ochoa, a pioneer of spacecraft technology and astronaut; Joseph Acaba, Fernando Caldeiro, Sidney Gutierrez, José M. Hernández, Michael López-Alegría, John Olivas and George Zamka, who are current or former astronauts.

{{See also|Hispanic and Latino athletes in American sports}}

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Hispanic and Latino American women have left an indelible mark on sports in the US, showcasing exceptional talent, resilience, and cultural diversity. Some notable figures include Monica Puig, tennis player hailing from Puerto Rico, Monica Puig achieved historic success by winning the gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, marking Puerto Rico's first-ever Olympic gold medal in any sport. Laurie Hernandez, gymnastics athlete also of Puerto Rican descent, Laurie Hernandez secured a gold medal with the US gymnastics team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and added a silver medal on the balance beam, captivating audiences with her grace and skill. Jessica Mendoza, softball/baseball player of Mexican heritage, is celebrated as a former professional softball player and Olympic gold medalist (2004). She continues to inspire as a groundbreaking baseball analyst for ESPN, breaking barriers in sports broadcasting. Giselle Juarez, softball player of Mexican descent, emerged as a standout pitcher, leading the University of Oklahoma to victory in the 2021 NCAA Women's College World Series championship, showcasing her dominance on the mound. Linda Alvarado, made history as the first Hispanic woman to co-own a Major League Baseball team, the Colorado Rockies, breaking barriers and paving the way for diversity in professional sports ownership. Brenda Villa, water polo of Mexican descent, is a trailblazer in women's water polo, earning four Olympic medals (gold in 2012, silver in 2000 and 2008, bronze in 2004) and inspiring a generation with her leadership and achievements. Nancy Lopez, golf a Hall of Fame golfer of Mexican heritage, amassed an impressive 48 LPGA Tour victories, including three major championships, during her illustrious career, solidifying her legacy as one of golf's all-time greats. Sofia Huerta, player of Mexican and American descent, has excelled in professional soccer, showcasing her versatility and skill as a midfielder and forward in the NWSL and internationally with Mexico's national team, inspiring young athletes with her talent and determination.

File:Tony Romo 2015.jpg, NFL quarterback known for his career with the Dallas Cowboys and current role as a popular football analyst for CBS Sports.]]

There have been far fewer football and basketball players, let alone star players, but Tom Flores was the first Hispanic head coach and the first Hispanic quarterback in American professional football, and won Super Bowls as a player, as assistant coach and as head coach for the Oakland Raiders. Anthony Múñoz is enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, ranked No. 17 on Sporting News's 1999 list of the 100 greatest football players, and was the highest-ranked offensive lineman. Jim Plunkett won the Heisman Trophy and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and Joe Kapp is inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. Steve Van Buren, Martin Gramatica, Victor Cruz, Tony Gonzalez, Ted Hendricks, Marc Bulger, Tony Romo and Mark Sanchez can also be cited among successful Hispanics in the National Football League (NFL).

{{See also|Jessica Mendoza}}

File:A-Rod3.jpg baseball player who achieved iconic status in the MLB, notably with the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees, before becoming a prominent television analyst.]]

Hispanics have played in the Major Leagues since the very beginning of organized baseball, with Cuban player Esteban Bellán being the first (1873).{{Cite web |url=http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects06/witaw/early%20years.html |title=Latinos in Baseball - Early Years |website=University of Michigan |access-date=2020-06-16}}{{Cite web |title=Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Latin-Americans-in-Major-League-Baseball-910675 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en |access-date=2020-06-16}} The large number of Hispanic American stars in Major League Baseball (MLB) includes players like Ted Williams (considered by many to be the greatest hitter of all time), Sammy Sosa, Alex Rodriguez, Alex Rios, Miguel Cabrera, Lefty Gómez, Adolfo Luque, Iván Rodríguez, Carlos González, Roberto Clemente, Adrián González, Jose Fernandez, David Ortiz, Juan Marichal, Fernando Valenzuela, Nomar Garciaparra, Albert Pujols, Omar Vizquel, managers Miguel Angel Gonzalez (the first Hispanic Major League manager),{{Cite web |url=https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2016/04/the_latin-born_managers_in_maj.html |title=The Latin-born managers in Major League Baseball history |date=2016-04-04 |website=PennLive |language=en |access-date=2020-06-16}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/gonzami01.shtml |title=Mike González Managerial Record |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=2020-06-16}} Al López, Ozzie Guillén and Felipe Alou, and General Manager Omar Minaya. Hispanics in the MLB Hall of Fame include Roberto Alomar, Luis Aparicio, Rod Carew, Orlando Cepeda, Juan Marichal, Pedro Martínez, Tony Pérez, Iván Rodríguez, Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez and Roberto Clemente. Afro-Hispanic players Martin Dihigo, Jose Mendez and Cristóbal Torriente are Hispanic Hall of Famers who played in the Negro leagues.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/mlb-to-celebrate-latin-american-born-hall-of-famers-in-all-star-pregam-240830566 |title=MLB to celebrate Latin American-born Hall of Famers in All-Star pregame ceremony |website=MLB.com |language=en |access-date=2020-06-25}}

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Trevor Ariza, Mark Aguirre, Carmelo Anthony, Manu Ginóbili, Carlos Arroyo, Gilbert Arenas, Rolando Blackman, Pau Gasol, Jose Calderon, José Juan Barea and Charlie Villanueva can be cited in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Dick Versace made history when he became the first person of Hispanic heritage to coach an NBA team. Rebecca Lobo was a major star and champion of collegiate (National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)) and Olympic basketball and played professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diana Taurasi became just the seventh player ever to win an NCAA title, a WNBA title and as well an Olympic gold medal. Orlando Antigua became in 1995 the first Hispanic and the first non-Black in 52 years to play for the Harlem Globetrotters.

Notable Hispanic and Latino American tennis players include legendary player Pancho Gonzales, as well as Olympic tennis champions Mary Joe Fernández and Gigi Fernández. Monica Puig, a Puerto Rican-born player, achieved significant recognition by winning the gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Which Latinos Won Gold at the Rio Olympics? Here's Our Handy List |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/these-latinos-won-gold-during-2016-rio-olympics-n635906 |access-date=2020-06-25 |website=NBC News |date=August 22, 2016 |language=en}}

File:Carlos Bocanegra (2010).jpg soccer player who served as the captain of the United States national team and played professionally in Major League Soccer and Europe.]]

Hispanics have made significant contributions to all major American sports and leagues, with a particularly notable impact on the growth of soccer in the United States. Soccer, being the most popular sport in the Spanish-speaking world, has been profoundly influenced by Hispanic heritage. This influence is evident in Major League Soccer (MLS), where teams such as LA Galaxy, Los Angeles FC, Houston Dynamo and Columbus Crew have substantial fan bases comprising primarily Mexican Americans.{{cite web |url=http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/44/hispanic-influence-in-us-soccer |title=Hispanic Influence in U.S. Soccer |date=20 September 2013 |website=US Soccer.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323035831/http://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/11/44/hispanic-influence-in-us-soccer |archive-date=23 March 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/idUS146666+28-Nov-2012+PRN20121128 |title=Research Study: The Hispanic Influence On American Culture |newspaper=Reuters |agency=PR Newswire |date=November 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193453/https://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/28/idUS146666+28-Nov-2012+PRN20121128 |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}{{cite news |url=http://today.ucf.edu/latino-influence-shapes-action-sports/ |title=Latino Influence Shapes Action Sports |date=September 30, 2009 |work=UCF Today |access-date=March 5, 2015}} Notable Hispanic players in MLS include Tab Ramos, Claudio Reyna, Omar Gonzalez, Marcelo Balboa, Roger Espinoza, and Carlos Bocanegra.

Swimmers Ryan Lochte (the second-most decorated swimmer in Olympic history measured by total number of medals){{Cite web |date=2016-08-10 |title=Ryan Lochte Becomes 2nd Most Decorated Male Olympic Swimmer In History |url=https://swimswam.com/ryan-lochte-becomes-2nd-decorated-male-olympic-swimmer-history/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}} and Dara Torres (one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals), both of Cuban ancestry,{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/cuban-american-swimmer-ryan-lochte-aims-another-2016-olympic-gold-n628231 |title=Cuban-American Swimmer Ryan Lochte Aims for Another 2016 Olympic Gold |date=August 11, 2016 |website=NBC News |language=en |access-date=2020-06-25}} have won multiple medals at various Olympic Games over the years. Torres is also the first American swimmer to appear in five Olympic Games.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2008/07/20/dara-torres-battles-doping-rumors-says-shes-up-for-the-challenge/ |title=Dara Torres battles doping rumors, says she's up for the challenge |date=2008-07-20 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US |access-date=2020-06-16}} Maya DiRado, of Argentine ancestry, won four medals at the 2016 games, including two gold medals.

File:Oscar De La Hoya at Morongo Casino.jpg "The Golden Boy," is a former professional boxer and Olympic gold medalist who became a prominent figure in boxing both inside the ring and as a promoter]]

Boxing's first Hispanic American world champion was Solly Smith. Some other champions include Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Bobby Chacon, Brandon Ríos, Michael Carbajal, John Ruiz, Andy Ruiz Jr. and Mikey Garcia.

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Ricco Rodriguez, Tito Ortiz, Diego Sanchez, Nick Diaz, Nate Diaz, Dominick Cruz, Frank Shamrock, Gilbert Melendez, Roger Huerta, Carlos Condit, Tony Ferguson, Jorge Masvidal, Kelvin Gastelum, Henry Cejudo and UFC Heavy Weight Champion Cain Velasquez have been competitors in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) of mixed martial arts.

In 1991, Bill Guerin whose mother is Nicaraguan became the first Hispanic player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was also selected to four NHL All-Star Games. In 1999, Scott Gomez won the NHL Rookie of the Year Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |title=Trophies: Calder |website=NHL.com |access-date=2009-04-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423011518/http://www.nhl.com/trophies/calder.html |archive-date=2006-04-23}}

Figure skater Rudy Galindo; golfers Chi Chi Rodríguez, Nancy López and Lee Trevino; softball player Lisa Fernández; and Paul Rodríguez Jr., X Games professional skateboarder, are all Hispanic Americans who have distinguished themselves in their sports.

In gymnastics, Laurie Hernandez, who is of Puerto Rican ancestry, was a gold medalist at the 2016 Games.

In sports entertainment we find the professional wrestlers Hulk Hogan, Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero, Tyler Black and Melina Pérez and executive Vickie Guerrero.

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In countries where the majority of the population is descended from immigrants, such as the United States, opposition to immigration sometimes takes the forms of nativism, racism, religious intolerance and xenophobia.{{cite book |last=Higham |first=John |title=Strangers in the Land: Patterns of American nativism, 1860–1925 |publisher=Atheneum |location=New York |year=1963 |oclc=421752}} Throughout US history, anti-Latino sentiment has existed to varying degrees at different times, and it was largely based on ethnicity, race, culture, Anti-Catholicism (see Anti-Catholicism in the United States), xenophobia (see Xenophobia in the United States), economic and social conditions in Hispanic America, and opposition to the use of the Spanish language.{{Cite web |url=http://amath.colorado.edu/carnegie/lit/lynch/migrant.htm |title=Mexican Migrant Workers and Lynch Culture |date=2004 |website=University of Colorado Boulder |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080114020946/http://amath.colorado.edu/carnegie/lit/lynch/migrant.htm |archive-date=January 14, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/press3b.htm |title=Hispanics Lose Staunchest Trumpeter for Fairness, Equality |last=Williams |first=Rudi |date=December 8, 2006 |agency=American Forces Press Service |website=Hispanic America USA |access-date=August 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208043359/http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/press3b.htm |archive-date=December 8, 2006}}{{cite web |url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/21.1/forum_wilson.html |title=Brown over "Other White": Mexican Americans' Legal Arguments and Litigation Strategy in School Desegregation Lawsuits |last=Wilson |first=Steven H. |date=2003 |website=History Cooperative |access-date=March 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930061850/http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/lhr/21.1/forum_wilson.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=104 |title=The Zoot Suit Riots |date=August 22, 2003 |website=Digital History |access-date=August 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030822003427/http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/mexican_voices/voices_display.cfm?id=104 |archive-date=August 22, 2003}} In 2006, Time magazine reported that the number of hate groups in the United States increased by 33 percent since 2000, primarily as a result of anti-illegal immigrant and anti-Mexican sentiment.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1198895,00.html |title=How Immigration is Rousing the Zealots |first=Jeffrey |last=Ressner |date=May 29, 2006 |magazine=Time |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060616064019/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1198895,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2006}} According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) statistics, the number of anti-Hispanic hate crimes increased by 35 percent since 2003 (albeit from a low level). In California, the state with the largest Hispanic population, the number of hate crimes which were committed against Hispanics almost doubled.{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/5/fbi_statistics_show_anti_latino_hate |title=FBI Statistics Show Anti-Latino Hate Crimes on the Rise |last=Goodman |first=Amy |date=December 5, 2007 |website=Democracy Now!}}

In 2009, the FBI reported that 483 of the 6,604 hate crimes which were recorded in the United States were anti-Hispanic, comprising 7.3% of all recorded hate crimes, the highest percentage of all of the hate crimes which were recorded in 2009. This percentage is contrasted by the fact that 34.6% of all of the hate crimes which were recorded in 2009 were anti-Black, 17.9% of them were anti-homosexual, 14.1% of them were anti-Jewish, and 8.3% of them were anti-White.{{cite web |url=http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2009/data/table_01.html |title=Table 1: Hate Crime Statistics, 2009 |website=U.S. Department of Justice/Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=March 5, 2015}}

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It is reported that 31% of Hispanics have reported personal experiences with discrimination whilst 82% of Hispanics believe that discrimination plays a crucial role in whether or not they will find success while they are living in the United States. The current legislation on immigration policies also plays a crucial role in creating a hostile and discriminatory environment for immigrants. In order to measure the discrimination which immigrants are being subjected to, researchers must take into account the immigrants' perception that they are being targeted for discrimination and they must also be aware that instances of discrimination can also vary based on: personal experiences, social attitudes and ethnic group barriers. The immigrant experience is associated with lower self-esteem, internalized symptoms and behavioral problems amongst Mexican youth. It is also known that more time which is spent living in the United States is associated with increased feelings of distress, depression and anxiety. Like many other Hispanic groups that migrate to the United States, these groups are often stigmatized. An example of this stigmatization occurred after 9/11, when people who were considered threats to national security were frequently described with terms like migrant and the "Hispanic Other" along with other terms like refugee and asylum seeker.{{cite book |last1=Quayson |first1=Ato |last2=Daswani |first2=Girish |name-list-style=amp |date=2013 |title=A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism |location=Hoboken, NJ |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell Publishing}}

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), enacted in 1952, serves as a foundational piece of US immigration law by consolidating and reorganizing various provisions into a unified framework. Since its enactment, the INA has undergone numerous amendments, reflecting its evolving role in immigration policy. It is codified in Title 8 of the United States Code (USC), which is the comprehensive collection of US laws. Title 8 specifically addresses "Aliens and Nationality," and the INA's sections are aligned with corresponding US Code sections for clarity. For accuracy, the official U.S. Code is provided by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the US House of Representatives, with links available through USCIS.{{cite web |date=2019-07-10 |title=Immigration and Nationality Act {{!}} USCIS |url=https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/legislation/immigration-and-nationality-act |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.uscis.gov |language=en}}

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA), detailed in House Report 99–1000, introduced significant changes to US immigration law. Title I of the Act focused on controlling illegal immigration by making it unlawful for employers to hire or continue employing unauthorized aliens without verifying their work status.{{Cite web |title=S.1200 - Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1200 |website=congress.gov|date=November 6, 1986 }} It established an employment verification system requiring employers to attest to and maintain records of employees' work eligibility. The Act also set up procedures for monitoring the verification system and addressing violations, while explicitly prohibiting the use of such verification for national identity purposes. Additionally, Title I outlined employer sanctions, including a public education period and a phased enforcement approach. Title II of the Act provided a legalization program for certain undocumented aliens who met specific criteria, including continuous residence in the U.S. since January 1, 1982. It authorized adjustment from temporary to permanent resident status under certain conditions and required the Attorney General to manage and disseminate information about the program. Title III addressed the reform of legal immigration, including provisions for temporary agricultural workers and adjustments to visa programs. The Act also established various commissions and reports to assess and improve immigration policies and enforcement measures.

The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 expanded the definition of "qualified alien" under section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 (8 USC 1641) to include certain categories of battered aliens. The new provisions added to 8 USC 1641 recognize battered aliens.{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/archive/ovw/docs/welfare_reform_law.pdf|title=The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996}} Those who have experienced battery or extreme cruelty by a spouse or parent, or by a member of their family residing with them. As eligible for benefits if there is a substantial connection between the abuse and the need for assistance. This includes aliens with pending petitions for various statuses under the Immigration and Nationality Act, such as spousal or child status of a US citizen or applications for suspension of deportation. The act extends protections to aliens whose children have been subjected to similar abuse, provided there is no active participation by the alien in the abuse. It also includes alien children who reside with a parent who has been abused. These provisions do not apply if the abuser resides in the same household as the victim. The Attorney General is tasked with issuing guidance on the interpretation of "battery" and "extreme cruelty" and establishing standards for determining the connection between such abuse and the need for benefits.

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a policy established on June 15, 2012, by Janet Napolitano, then Secretary of Homeland Security, under the Obama administration. The policy provides temporary relief from deportation and work authorization to certain young undocumented immigrants who meet specific criteria. DACA does not offer a pathway to permanent legal status. Instead, it grants temporary protection that requires renewal every two years. To be eligible, applicants must have arrived in the United States before the age of 16, be currently under the age of 31, and have continuously resided in the US since June 15, 2007. They must also be enrolled in school, have graduated from high school, or have been honorably discharged from the US Armed Forces or Coast Guard. Upon its implementation, DACA initially benefited approximately 832,881 individuals. The policy has been associated with various socioeconomic improvements among its recipients. According to a 2019 survey, DACA recipients experienced an 86 percent increase in their average hourly wage. This rise in wages has contributed to enhanced financial independence and increased consumer spending, which in turn has had positive economic effects. Recipients also reported improved job conditions and expanded educational opportunities, reflecting the broader impact of the policy on their quality of life. Overall, DACA has been a significant, though temporary, measure aimed at addressing the status of undocumented young immigrants and has had notable effects on their economic and educational outcomes.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-05 |title=Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA): An Overview |url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca-overview |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=American Immigration Council |language=en}}

DACA's future has faced legal challenges, including a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that blocked the Trump administration's attempt to end it and a 2021 decision declaring DACA unlawful, though it did not immediately affect current recipients. The Biden administration has since reaffirmed its support and proposed regulatory changes to secure the program's future.

{{Portal|Hispanic and Latino Americans}}

Places of settlement in United States:

• List of U.S. communities with Hispanic- or Latino-majority in the 2010 census
• List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic and Latino populations
• List of U.S. cities by Spanish-speaking population
• Hispanics and Latinos in New Jersey
• Hispanics and Latinos in Massachusetts
• Hispanics and Latinos in Washington, D.C.
• Hispanics and Latinos in California
• Hispanics and Latinos in Arizona
• Hispanics and Latinos in New Mexico
• Hispanics and Latinos in Texas
• Hispanics and Latinos in Nevada
• Hispanics and Latinos in Florida
• Hispanics and Latinos in New York

Diaspora:

• Hispanics
• Hispanic and Latin American Australians
• Hispanic and Latin American Canadians
• Latin Americans in the United Kingdom
• Hispanidad
• Latino diaspora
• Latin American Asian
• Latin Americans in Europe

Individuals:

• List of Hispanic and Latino Americans
• Hispanics and Latinos in the American Civil War
• Hispanic and Latino Americans in World War II
• Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Air Force
• Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Coast Guard
• Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Marine Corps
• Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Navy
• Hispanic and Latino Admirals in the United States Navy
• Hispanics and Latinos in the United States Naval Academy

Other Hispanic and Latino Americans topics:

• Black Hispanic Americans
• Hispanic and Latino American Muslims
• Latin America–United States relations
• List of Latin American Jews
• National Alliance for Hispanic Health
• Portugal–United States relations
• Spain–United States relations
• White Hispanic Americans
• List of U.S. place names of Spanish origin
• Latino National Survey, 2006
• Latino literature
• Chicano movement
• Territories of the United States
• Tequila Party
• Puerto Rico statehood movement

General:

• Race and ethnicity in the United States census
• Demographics of the United States
• Historical racial and ethnic demographics of the United States
• Immigration to the United States
• History of immigration to the United States

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• Bean, Frank D. & Marta Tienda. The Hispanic Population of the United States (1987), statistical analysis of demography and social structure
• Bernstein, David E. Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America. (2022). (especially chapter 2)

• Cadava, Geraldo. The Hispanic Republican, The Shaping of an American Political Identity, from Nixon to Trump. (2021).[https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-hispanic-republican-geraldo-cadava?variant=32253818896418 online]
• Miguel A. De La Torre. Encyclopedia on Hispanic American Religious Culture (2 vol. ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2009).
• De Leon, Arnoldo, & Richard Griswold Del Castillo. North to Aztlan: A History of Mexican Americans in the United States (2006)
• Garcia, Maria Cristina. "Hispanics in the United States". Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture, edited by Jay Kinsbruner & Erick D. Langer, (2nd ed.) vol. 3, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008), pp. 696–728. [https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3078902799/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=a2e039b8 online]
• Garcia, Richard A. "Changing Chicano Historiography", Reviews in American History 34.4 (2006) 521–528 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/30031515 online]
• {{cite book | last=Gómez | first=Laura E. | title=Inventing Latinos | date=2022-09-06 | publisher=The New Press | isbn=978-1-62097-761-3|oclc=1140710454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rehZEAAAQBAJ}}

• Gomez-Quiñones, Juan. Mexican American Labor, 1790–1990. (1994).
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• Leonard, David J. Latino History and Culture: An Encyclopedia (Sharpe Reference 2009)
• MacDonald, Victoria-Maria, ed. Latino education in the United States: A narrated history from 1513–2000. (Palgrave, 2004)

• Oboler, Suzanne & Deena J. González, (eds.) The Oxford Encyclopedia Of Latinos & Latinas In The United States (4 vol. 2006) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004JZWVEU/ excerpt and text search]
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• Ruiz, Vicki L. From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America (1998)

• {{cite book | last=Sanchez Jr. | first=Robert Eli | editor-first1=Robert Eli | editor-last1=Sanchez | title=Latin American and Latinx Philosophy | publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group | publication-place=New York London | publication-date=2019-08-26 | isbn=9781138295865|doi=10.4324/9781315100401|oclc=1112422733 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re2oDwAAQBAJ}}

• Bogardus, Emory S. The Mexican in the United States (1934), sociological
• Gamio, Manuel. The Life Story of the Mexican Immigrant (1931)
• Gamio, Manuel. Mexican Immigration to the United States (1939)
• García, Mario T. Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology and Identity, 1930–1960 (1989)
• García, Mario T. Desert Immigrants. The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880–1920 (1982) 348 pp; [http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=&mkt=en-us&scope=books&FORM=LIVSOP#q=%20Gamio%2C%20Manuel&filter=all&start=1&t=ivCkjgDxC9P4PBRhjHBcHQ&sq=%20Gamio%2C%20Manuel excerpt and text search]
• Gomez-Quinones, Juan. Roots of Chicano Politics, 1600–1940 (1994)
• Grebler, Leo, Joan Moore, & Ralph Guzmán. The Mexican American People: The Nation's Second Largest Minority (1970), emphasis on census data and statistics
• Rivas-Rodríguez, Maggie (ed.) Mexican Americans and World War II (2005)
• Sanchez, George J. Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900–1945 (1995) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195096487 excerpt and text search]

• Abrajano, Marisa A. & R. Michael Alvarez, (eds.) New Faces, New Voices: The Hispanic Electorate in America (Princeton University Press; 2010) 219 pages. Documents the generational and other diversity of the Hispanic electorate and challenges myths about voter behavior.
• Aranda, José, Jr. When We Arrive: A New Literary History of Mexican America. U. of Arizona Press, 2003. 256 pp.
• Arreola, Daniel D. (ed.) Hispanic Spaces, Latino Places: Community and Cultural Diversity in Contemporary America. 2004. 334 pp.
• Badillo, David A. Latinos and the New Immigrant Church. 2006. 275 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801883873 excerpt and text search]
• Berg, Charles Ramírez. Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, and Resistance, 2002. 314 pp.
• Branton, Regina. "Latino Attitudes toward Various Areas of Public Policy: The Importance of Acculturation", Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 2, 293–303 (2007) [http://prq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/60/2/293 Abstract] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109111936/http://prq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/60/2/293 |date=November 9, 2009}}
• Cepeda, Raquel. Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina Atria Books. 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-4516-3586-7}}. A personal exploration of Dominican American identity via family interviews, travel and genetic genealogy. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130528150618/http://djalirancher.com/books/bird-of-paradise-how-i-became-latina/ Synopsis and Excerpt]
• DeGenova, Nicholas & Ramos-Zayas, Ana Y. Latino Crossings: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and the Politics of Race and Citizenship. 2003. 257 pp.
• Dolan, Jay P., and Gilberto M. Hinojosa, eds. Mexican Americans and the Catholic Church, 1900-1965 (Volume 1, "Notre Dame History of Hispanic Catholics in the U.S." series), (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994).
• Dolan, Jay P., and Jaime R. Vidal, eds. Puerto Rican and Cuban Catholics in the U.S., 1900-1965 (Volume 2, "Notre Dame History of Hispanic Catholics in the U.S." series), (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994).
• Dolan, Jay P., and Allan Figueroa, eds. Hispanic Catholic Culture in the U.S.: Issues and Concerns (Volume 3, "Notre Dame History of Hispanic Catholics in the U.S." series), (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994).
• Fregoso, Rosa Linda. The Bronze Screen: Chicana and Chicano Film Culture. (1993) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0816621365 excerpt and text search]
• García, Mario T. Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology and Identity, 1930–1960 (1989)
• García, María Cristina. Seeking Refuge: Central American Migration to Mexico, The United States, and Canada. (2006) 290pp
• Gomez-Quinones, Juan. Chicano Politics: Reality and Promise, 1940–1990 (1990)
• Gutiérrez, David G. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the Politics of Ethnicity in the Southwest, 1910–1986 1995. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520202198 excerpt and text search]
• Hammerback, John C., Richard J. Jensen, & Jose Angel Gutierrez. A War of Words: Chicano Protest in the 1960s and 1970s 1985.
• Herrera-Sobek, Maria. Celebrating Latino Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Cultural Traditions (3 vol., 2012) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/031334339X/ excerpt and text search]
• Kanellos, Nicolás, (ed.) The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature (3 vol. 2008) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0313339708/ excerpt and text search]
• {{cite book | author-last=Thananopavarn | author-first=Susan | title=LatinAsian Cartographies: History, Writing, and the National Imaginary | date=Mar 19, 2018 | series=Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States | publisher=Rutgers University Press | isbn=9780813589848 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E0xODwAAQBAJ}}
• Kenski, Kate & Tisinger, Russell. "Hispanic Voters in the 2000 and 2004 Presidential General Elections". Presidential Studies Quarterly 2006 36(2): 189–202. {{ISSN|0360-4918}}
• López-Calvo, Ignacio. Latino Los Angeles in Film and Fiction: The Cultural Production of Social Anxiety. University of Arizona Press, 2011. {{ISBN|0-8165-2926-4}}
• Martinez, Juan Francisco. Sea La Luz: The Making of Mexican Protestantism in the American Southwest, 1829–1900 (2006)
• Matovina, Timothy. Guadalupe and Her Faithful: Latino Catholics in San Antonio, from Colonial Origins to the Present. 2005. 232 pp. [https://www.amazon.com/dp/080188229X excerpt and text search]
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• Martinez, Elizabeth. 500 Years of Chicana Women's History/500 anos de la mujer Chicana, Rutgers University Press (Bilingual Edition) 2008.

• Overmyer-Velazquez, Mark. Latino America: A State-by-State Encyclopedia (2 vol. 2008) [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0313341168/ excerpt and text search]

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120102074700/http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/HHBindex.htm Hubert Howe Bancroft. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft]
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• McWilliams, Carey. North from Mexico. (1949), farm workers in California
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• Alonzo, Armando C. Tejano Legacy: Rancheros and Settlers in South Texas, 1734–1900 (1998)
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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140415073050/http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/15/album1.html Vol. 15: History of the North Mexican States and Texas, Volume 1: 1531 – 1800]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140415073401/http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/16/album1.html Vol. 16: History of the North Mexican States and Texas, Volume 2: 1801 – 1889]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080527195314/http://www.1st-hand-history.org/Hhb/17/album1.html Vol. 17: History of Arizona and New Mexico (1530–1888) (1889)]
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• Deutsch, Sarah No Separate Refuge: Culture, Class, and Gender on the Anglo-Hispanic Frontier in the American Southwest, 1880–1940 1987
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• Sánchez, George I. Forgotten People: A Study of New Mexicans (1940; reprint 1996) on New Mexico
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• {{cite book |last1= West |first1= Lorane A. |title=Color: Latino Voices in the Pacific Northwest |publisher=Washington State University Press |isbn=978-0-87422-274-6|year=2004 }}
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• [https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/p20-535.pdf 2000 Census]
• [https://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/ Hispanic Americans in Congress] – Library of Congress
• [http://www.army.mil/hispanics/ Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Army]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110126130359/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/generation-next/demographic/latinamerica_04-26.html Latino-Americans Become Unofficial Face of Politics Abroad] by Josh Miller, PBS, April 27, 2007
• [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/latino.in.america/ Latino in America] – CNN

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Hispanic and Latino American people

Category:Multiracial ethnic groups in the United States